What happens if bitter enemies overlook their differences?

Iran and Saudi Arabia both use their oil-money to back opposing sides in their region's

wars.

Today, their foreign ministers hold their first formal talks in seven years.

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Two big oil producers are such bitter rivals.

They don't even agree on what to call the body of water that separates them.

Iran is on the northern shore of what's commonly called the Persian Gulf.

That's not to Iran, which was once called Persia.

Saudi Arabia is just south of that same Gulf.

It's a majority Arab country, and people often called it the Arabian Gulf.

Aside from geography, both nations have spent their oil-money on arms race and proxy wars.

Now, they're mending relations and their foreign ministers met today.

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