Shared concerns over Iran's growing influence in the region -- along with its nuclear energy program -- provide important common ground between Riyadh and Ankara, says international relations professor Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Kadir Has University, especially as American attention is expected to pivot away from the Middle East and toward China. 
Pali kudandaula kuti ganizo la dziko la Iran lofuna kupitilira ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa mphamvu ya nukiliya ndi komwe kukuyanjanitsa Riyadh ndi Ankara, a polofesa Soli Ozel a ku sukulu ya ukachenjede ya Kadir yomwe ili ku Istanbul ndiwo ananena izi. Iwo anatinso, izi zili chomwechi makamaka pamene chidwi cha America chikuyembekezeka kuchoka ku mayiko a aluya kupita ku China.