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What does Saudi Arabia think of the war in Iran?
This week, Iran rejected an American plan to pause the war and countered with its own. Thousands of additional U.S. troops are moving closer to the region.
Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University, joins host Robin Young to explain how Iran's neighbors across the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, see the war.
This segment aired on March 26, 2026.