'The Iran-Saudi Arabia normalisation is never going to be painted as a positive development as long as it's Western adversaries

'The Iran-Saudi Arabia normalisation is never going to be painted as a positive development as long as it's Western adversaries who are having peaceful 's not on the agenda within those Western countries.' 'When there are alliances, they're called proxies. There are no allies, apparently, in the region, there's just proxies within the region whereas when you talk about the Western world, you have alliances and allies.' -Dr. Assal Rad on the double standards in Western media reporting and how they shape perceptions of the Middle East/West Asia FULL INTERVIEW: Source: Going Underground