# Iran vs. Saudi Arabia: Who Represents the Ummah? | Deep Dive: Iran Ep. 2 |  Imam Tom Facchine

**Author:** Tom Facchine
**Published:** 2026-04-12
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/sKv53zDGoBI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/iran-vs-saudi-arabia-who-represents-the-ummah-deep-dive-iran-ep-3-imam-tom-facchine
**Topics:** History, Politics & Practical Theology

## Description
Two countries. Two competing visions for what Islamic governance could look like in the post-colonial world. So why did both fall short of what the ummah needed? In Episode 3 of Deep Dive: Iran, Imam Tom Facchine steps back from theology and political theory to examine Iran through the lens of the...