Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran over embassy storming
Saudi
Arabia has cut diplomatic ties with Iran over the storming of its
embassy in Tehran on Saturday. The move comes while relations between
the regional rivals are plunging over the execution of a top Shiite
cleric.
Speaking
at a press conference on Sunday, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
demanded that the Iranian diplomatic mission and related entities
leave the country within 48 hours.
He
said Riyadh would not allow the Islamic Republic to undermine the
Sunni kingdom’s security.
The
move comes after angry Iranian protesters stormed and set ablaze the
Saudi embassy in Tehran on Saturday night during a rally in
condemnation of Riyadh’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh
Nimr al-Nimr.
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