Saudi delegation arrives in Iran to discuss reopening diplomatic missions.

A Saudi Arabian diplomatic delegation has arrived in Tehran to discuss the reopening of its diplomatic missions after a seven-year absence, following a meeting between the foreign ministers of both countries in China this week after they agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties. The two countries severed ties in 2016 after protesters in Iran attacked Saudi diplomatic missions following Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shia leader. The rapprochement between mainly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shiite-majority Iran has the potential to reshape relations across a region characterised by turbulence for decades.