The death last week of Prince Saud al-Faisal, the respected statesman who had been foreign minister of Saudi Arabia for 40 years until this spring, prompted comment about the kingdom’s apparent transition from diplomacy behind the scenes to a policy of confrontation with Iran, the Sunni Arab realm’s Shia and Persian rival for regional hegemony.
費薩爾親王(Prince Saud Al-Faisal)擔任沙烏地外交大臣長達40年，直至今年春季才卸任。這位備受尊敬的政治家於近日病逝，外界隨即評論稱，沙烏地明顯正從幕後外交轉向與伊朗正面對抗。兩國是爭奪地區霸權的對手，沙烏地王國是遜尼派掌權的阿拉伯國家，而伊朗是什葉派掌權國家，人口以波斯人爲主。
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