The disruption in relations may have implications for peace efforts in Syria.
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The crisis has raised fears of increased sectarian violence in the Middle East.
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran, giving Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country.
Bahrain accused Tehran of meddling in the internal affairs of Arab and Gulf states, the BBC informs.
Saudi Arabia retaliated by cutting diplomatic ties with Iran.
No Saudi diplomats were in the embassy at the time and all have now been called home.
The statement said the UAE would be downgrading its diplomacy to only focus on business relationships between the Gulf federation and Iran.
Iran’s supreme leader said Saudi politicians will face “divine vengeance” for killing the cleric.
He also says that “it appears that protection (of pilgrims) and security issues will prevent hajj from taking place”.
There are close to 800,000 Filipinos in Saudi Arabia and more than 4,000 in Iran.
A Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing the Iranian-allied Houthi movement in Yemen for nine months announced on Saturday the end of a ceasefire that began on December 15, in a setback to UN-brokered attempts to end that conflict.
Iran must behave “like a normal country” and not “a revolution”, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said, according to Reuters.
Several officials said one of Washington’s primary and most immediate concerns is the potential effect the spat could have on the fragile cooperation in Iraq between the Iraqi security forces, which answer to an Iran-friendly government, and Sunni and Shiite militias that are fighting Islamic State extremists.
The official Saudi Press Agency reported early Monday that a man was killed in al-Awamiya village and a child was wounded.
The execution of Nimr provoked protests among Shia across the region and Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran, setting fires and causing damage, prompting Riyadh to cut ties and inflaming an already heated rivalry. Ban also spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday, he added.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the tensions were “hugely concerning”, Germany expressed its “dismay” and called for the restoration of diplomatic ties, and France urged a “de-escalation of tensions”.
Iran has defended its measures to protect the Saudi embassy, saying it is investigating the matter and has made arrests.
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Since al-Nimr’s execution on Saturday, the Shia-Majority Qatif province has seen anti-government demonstrations, acts of sabotage, and the torching of public property. Some 3,000 demonstrators gathered for a new rally in Tehran yesterday, chanting anti-Saudi slogans and burning USA and Israeli flags.
