Monday, 4 January 2016

Saudi Arabia cuts off diplomatic relations with Iran

URGENT: SAUDI ARABIA CUTS ALL DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH IRAN

saudi-foreign-minister
3 January, 2016

Breaking news: Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran following yesterday’s protest and attack on their embassy in Teheran. The tensions were sparked when Saudi Arabia executed a Shiite cleric.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that in a time period of 48 hours all diplomats must return to their country. According to Al Arabiya TV, all Saudi diplomats have been evacuated from Iran and are currently in Dubai.
Saudi’s biggest Western ally, the United States, urged both countries to find a diplomatic solution to the tensions. However, according to sources close to Riyadh told Reuters that Saudi Arabia thinks that “enough is enough when it comes to Iran.”
It’s interesting to see what positions will the other big countries take as this conflict can easily escalate.
A potential war between the two countries could lead to unthinkable consequences and a big World War.


Any differences?’ Iran Supreme Leader's cartoon equates ISIS with Saudi Arabia after executions


© khamenei.ir
© khamenei.ir

RT,
3 January, 2015


Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, released an incendiary cartoon comparing Saudi Arabia to Islamic State, after Riyadh carried out a death sentence against opposition Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

The satirical picture showing Saudi and Islamic State executioners standing side-by-side, with English captions reading “Any differences?” was published on his official website on Saturday. Khamenei also released a statement on Sunday promising “divine” retribution against Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia – Iran’s regional archrival.

Doubtlessly, unfairly-spilled blood of oppressed martyr will affect rapidly & Divine revenge will seize Saudi politicians.

Sheikh Nimr will undoubtedly receive the grace of God and the hands of divine vengeance will surely snatch – by their necks – those cruel individuals who took his life and this is a source of comfort for us,” said Khamenei, who has greater political power than the president of Iran and status as a leading religious authority.

© khamenei.ir
© khamenei.ir

Nimr was among 47 people beheaded or shot by firing squad across Saudi Arabia on Saturday in the biggest single-day execution spree since 1980. All but four of the condemned were convicted as Al-Qaeda members, while Nimr and three other Shias were accused of inciting riots among Saudi Arabia’s Shia minority between 2010 and 2012, when Nimr was arrested.

Doubtlessly, unfairly-spilled blood of oppressed martyr will affect rapidly & Divine revenge will seize Saudi politicians.

The execution of Nimr, a public figure popular with youths, alongside terrorists responsible for a series of bombings carried out between 2003 and 2006, provoked additional outrage in the Shia world. Iran summoned the Saudi ambassador, and just hours later, a mob set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran, chanting “Death to Al Saud!” – the ruling family of Saudi Arabia.

I hereby condemn 's execution & send my condolences to his family & Muslim world. This act violates human rights & Islamic values






This oppressed scholar had neither invited people to armed movement, nor was involved in covert plots,” said Khamenei.“Sheikh Nimr martyrdom and unfair bloodshed is a political mistake by Saudi Arabia. Those truly concerned about the destiny of humans must watch Saudi crimes and avoid indifference towards them.”

Iran’s Supreme Leader also listed the bombing campaign led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, and its army’s buttressing of the Bahraini regime, as additional transgressions by Riyadh.

Khamenei is not the first to draw comparisons between the militants of Islamic State, who are rampaging through nearby Syria and Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, since both espouse a very similar Wahhabi ideology, and consequently share comparable legal and criminal codes, despite being sworn enemies.

According to public sources, Saudi Arabia executed at least 157 people last year, the most in two decades, predominantly by beheading, the same technique favored by Islamic State.











Saudi Arabia on the Brink of Civil War

Саудовская Аравия на грани гражданской войны


The government of Saudi Arabia has sent dozens of armored vehicles and tanks to suppress the demonstrators, angered by the execution of the Shiite preacher Nimr al-Nimr, reports the Iranian media
"The government of Saudi Arabia has sent dozens of armored vehicles and military units in the area of the town of al-Qatif in the East of the country to quell violent protests of the population who demonstrated, in connection with the execution of Shiite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr", — a  message from the Fars News Agency said. Mass demonstrations were held in the home city of an-Nimr in al-Qatif and other areas in the East of Saudi Arabia with a predominantly Shiite population, reports TASS.
In connection with the execution of Shiite theologian on Sunday, Iran declared a public holiday in all the highest secular and spiritual educational institutions. Expectedly Iran also held mass demonstration against political executions in Riyadh. The first protest action held a group of students in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran. The demonstrators shouted slogans condemning the actions of al Saud (the ruling Royal dynasty).



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