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BBC News: 24/12/2021 20:01 GMT: Iran Saudi Arabia diplomacy

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In a rare instance of co-operation: Riyadh has issued visas for Iranian diplomats

Saudi Arabia has granted visas to three Iranian officials to work at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in a rare sign of a thaw in relations between the regional rivals. The two countries broke off diplomatic ties in 2016 after the execution of a Saudi Shia cleric, Nimr Al-Nimr, which led to attacks by protesters on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.

Also in the programme: Google fined nearly 100 million dollars by a Russian court for failing to delete content the government considers illegal; and a poetic flight to the moon!

(Photo: Iran's foreign minister: Hossein Amirabdollahian. Credit: Getty Images)

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