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on march 14th 2011 the gulf cooperation council dispatched 1500 soldiers with armored personnel carriers mostly from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to behind to support the government. the same day the king declared a state of emergency and now in the security forces to clear the per square by any means. i hospitals choked with the wound hundreds were arrested. iran and the protest leaders criticize the gulf country's military intervention describe it as an occupation and the other hand behind this government accused iran of meddling in its internal affairs by supporting the protest movement. the us navy which has its 5th fleet stationed in behind didn't seem to want to put real pressure on the government or to openly support any party in the uprising because of behinds geo political importance being you know between saudi arabia and iran and hosting the flames are now also a base for the united kingdom there are a lot of interests that are based on behind where and you know when we took to the streets in 2011 when you know that we weren't just up against the bahamian governme

the gulf cooperation council and that qatar is a negotiator in some sense. we. are at the end saudi and iran i think possibly shows that that is in a sense working an eye on a set of different levers then the old mechanism of everybody on the one side of the gulf against iran so i would say that there's different ways to interpret that and as far as china and russia well certainly from the chinese perspective the the sanctions are they are ratcheting up oil imports from iran partially through other countries i think there's been a certain degree of pressure that's going on to raise the financial access of iran to its reserves and so i think that that's been one of the problems we've always seen with sanctions that's one of the reasons obama went into this deal is that eventually sanctions regime zeroed and that's what we're beginning to see now well dr roxanne from my farm on from my on of cambridge university and eli lake of bloomberg opinion really appreciate having a civil discussion on this very tough subject thank you both for joining us today thank you tha

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it has split the gulf cooperation council, the alliance of arab gulf states, and seeking to isolate qatar the recent attacks on oil tankers and saudi oil installations, raised questions about whether the saudi and iranian governments will seek to de-escalate their rivalry, and the implications of this development for the us. that's the us campaign of maximum maximum pressure on the iranian economy through sanctions. so as in the past, if we are using the past as a guide, rather than a apolitical security partnership, conflicts over regional power the place of oil in the global economy and domestic politics, in both countries will shape or determine contours of the us saudi relationship and the us policy going forward. so i will conclude my remarks there, and look forward to your questions. thank you very much. >> so you have your cards, and if you have questions we will take questions through the cards, rather than the hand raising. and i wanted to also to ask a question about opaque and it seems, to dominate a lot of people's minds, you see people talking about the opaque embargo in 1973

it has also split the gulf cooperation council. the airlines of arab gulf states with saudi arabia and other states seeking to -- without destabilizing the -- saudi oil installations raised questions about whether the saudi and iranian nations will proceed to de-escalate their rivalry and the implications of this development for the u.s. campaign of maximum pressure on the iranian economy through sanctions. so as in the past, for using the past as a guide, rather than 88 political security partnership, conflicts over regional power, the pleas of oil in the regional economy, and domestic politics in both countries well shape or determine the contours of the u.s. saudi relationship, and u.s. policy in the arabian golf going forward. so i will conclude my remarks there and i look forward to your questions. thank you. >> you have your cards. if you have questions, we will take questions through the cards rather than he and raising method. we have a question about a pack. a question that seems to dominate a lot of people's minds. you are

known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role it plays in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . but hormones long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 and fishing and pro diving words main sources of income. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of all manny's history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why oman still plays an important regional role today. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera 18 people have been killed in the bloodiest day of protests in me and the u.n. human rights office says at least 30 people were injured in nearly 100 detained at the end of the 4th week since the military took control. nearly 50 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been charged under a controversial national security law it's the largest single crackdown on the opposition under the law imposed on the territory by china. and rescue operations are continuing for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern nigeria the 317 pupils were taken from their boarding schoo

known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role it plays in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . at the same time it has a good relationship with iran and played a vital role in the international nuclear deal in 2015. some time been sided saeed's ruled the country for 50 years and is widely considered to have been a visionary statesman. when he died in 2020 he was succeeded by his cousin silt on hay from been taught a. dynasty has ruled on manson 749 and in january 2021 sultan haitham nominated his eldest son as crown prince a strong sign of continuity. but a man's long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing on pro diving words main sources of income it was a trading nation and was colonized by the portuguese in the 16th century it once had a vast empire stretching down to east africa but also enjoyed a strong british presence for over 150 years. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of our money history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why our man still plays an important reg

known as the switzerland of the gulf because of the important regional role it plays in the gulf cooperation council the g.c.c. . at the same time it has a good relationship with iran and played a vital role in the international nuclear deal in 2015. some time been sided saeed's ruled the country for 50 years and is widely considered to have been a visionary statesman. when he died in 2020 he was succeeded by his cousin time haitham been taught a. dynasty has ruled on manson 749 and in january 2021 sultan haitham nominated his eldest son as crown prince a strong sign of continuity. but a man's long history is not well known outside the gulf region before oil was discovered in 1962 fishing on pro diving words main sources of income it was a trading nation and was colonized by the portuguese in the 16th century it once had a vast empire stretching down to east africa but also enjoyed a strong british presence for over 150 years. in this film we go back over the last 500 years of all money history of tribes wars rebellion and colonization and explore how and why our man still plays an important regiona

on march 14th 2011 the gulf cooperation council dispatched 1500 soldiers with armored personnel carriers mostly from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to behind to support the government. the same day the king declared a state of emergency and now in the security forces to clear the per square by any means. hospitals choked with the wound hundreds were arrested. here on and the protest leaders criticize the gulf countries military intervention describe it as an occupation on the other hand behind this government accused iran of meddling in its internal affairs by supporting the protest movement. the us navy which has its 5th fleet stationed in behind didn't seem to want to put real pressure on the government or to openly support any party in the uprising because of behinds geo political importance being you know between saudi arabia and iran and hosting the flames are now also a base for the united kingdom there are a lot of interests that are based on behind where and you know when we took to the streets in 2011 when knew that we weren't just up against the behind the government