Tensions between the two countries had escalated after Saudi Arabia executed Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, among 46 others, on Saturday.
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Iranian diplomatic personnel had 48 hours to leave his country and all Saudi diplomatic personnel in Iran had been called home.
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“We are particularly concerned that the execution of prominent Shia cleric and political activist Nimr al-Nimr risks exacerbating sectarian tensions at a time when they urgently need to be reduced”, Kirby said.
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In Tehran, a protest outside the Saudi Embassy early Sunday quickly grew violent as protesters threw stones and gasoline bombs at the embassy, setting part of the building ablaze, according to Gen. Hossein Sajedinia, the country’s top police official, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. In the ensuing 1980s war between Iran and Iraq, Saudi Arabia backed Iraq despite its concerns about dictator Saddam Hussein.
Ellie Geranmayeh, an Iran expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said the Saudi decision was likely to have repercussions in the region, particularly concerning the Syrian negotiations. “We have stressed this to the Saudi authorities and also expressed our disappointment at the mass executions”.
The Middle East minister said he expected the kingdom’s government not to carry out the death sentence imposed on the cleric’s nephew Ali al-Nimr, who was just 17 when he was told he faced crucifixion over his role in the Arab Spring protests in 2012.
Nimr was considered a terrorist by Riyadh but hailed in Iran as a champion of the rights of Saudi Arabia’s marginalised Shia Muslim minority.
While Saudi Arabia is majority Sunni, it has a sizable and restive Shiite population concentrated in its Eastern Province, which also was the site of protests over the weekend.
“I am basically against any killing and bloodshed because of religion”, said Iman, a 36-year-old Tehran native. In a televised address, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that Mr.al-Nemer’s execution sent a message that Saudi Arabia didn’t care about the Islamic world or Muslim public opinion.
The dispute between the two nations probably will undermine already-stumbling efforts to end the war in Syria, where Saudi Arabia backs largely Sunni militants and Iran supports the regime of President Bashar Assad.
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But he added: “When it comes to protecting British people, the Prime Minister has made it clear that intelligence from Saudi Arabia has helped save lives and protect people in the United Kingdom…”
