His website also carried an image comparing Saudi Arabia to Islamic State, as other Iranian officials accused the kingdom of supporting terrorism. He said the U.S.is calling on Saudi Arabia to ensure fair judicial proceedings and permit peaceful expression of dissent while working with all community leaders to defuse tensions after the executions.
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Moqtada al-Sadr, a well-known cleric who heads the Saraya al-Salam militia, said Nimr’s execution was a “horrible attack” against Shiites and called for global condemnation.
US Calls In Iran, Saudis To Reduce Tensions
Amnesty International criticised Nimr’s arrest for being part of a campaign by the Saudi authorities to quash all dissent. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “deeply dismayed” by the executions and called again for an end to the death penalty.
“He points to the growing movement in the worldwide community for the abolition of capital punishment and urges Saudi Arabia to commute all death sentences imposed in the kingdom”.
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“We have a relationship with Saudi Arabia where we are able to speak candidly to them, where these issues are raised on a regular basis by the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister and our representatives in Riyadh”.
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Shia Council called Saturday’s execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr a “grave mistake”, and the Hezbollah group termed it an assassination as Shias took to the streets in protest from Tehran to Kashmir.
Angry Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran and set fire to the building in response to the execution.
It accused Tehran of “blind sectarianism” and said that “by its defense of terrorist acts” Iran was a “partner in their crimes in the entire region”.
The GCC chief denounced Iran’s “hostile and inciting” statements against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the execution of convicted terrorists, stressing that such statements, representing a blatant interference in Saudi Arabia’s domestic affairs, had ignited and encouraged the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions.
In Sunni-ruled Bahrain, police fired birdshot and used water cannon to disperse demonstrators who had been chanting the name of Sheikh Nimr as “our martyr”.
In comments Sunday, Rouhani also condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of opposition Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, which sparked the attack on the embassy and generated outrage among Shiites across the region.
Protesters carrying pictures of Nimr marched through several suburbs of Manama, among them Jidhafs, Sitra, Duraz and Bilad al-Qadeem.
It was not clear how many people were arrested or when.
To counter Arab Spring rumblings that threatened to spill into eastern Saudi Arabia, the kingdom sent troops in 2011 to crush Shiite protests demanding more political powers from the Sunni-led, fraternal monarchy of Bahrain.
The move comes amid escalating tensions between the countries following Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric on Saturday. He added that there are scientists, Shiite scholars who refused al-Khomeini’s trends and that Iran has proved its support for terrorism and its aims in employing members in the Gulf and promoting a sectarian coup to affect the nation.
Iranian protesters gather outside the Saudi Embassy in Tehran during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities on January 2.
He also condemned Iranian interference and anti-Saudi Arabia rhetoric following the execution of convicted Saudi persons.
In Washington, a State Department spokesman said Washington was concerned the execution of Nimr could worsen sectarian tensions at a time when they urgently need to be reduced. “The ambassador has been summoned to notify them”, he said.
The 47 executions included 45 Saudis, one Egyptian, and a man from Chad.
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Outside the Middle East, some criticised the Saudi justice system and the mass execution, the largest in the kingdom in decades.
