“Diplomacy is the domain of the mature; not arrogant nouveau-riche”, the Iranian foreign minister said in a post in his Twitter account.
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The Islamist militant group’s global branch warned on Monday that Saudi Arabia would pay for the killings, alongside those of four Shi’ite Muslims including a prominent cleric whose deaths raised regional tensions. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who had spent time studying in Iran, had become an advocate for Saudi Arabia’s Shi’a minority, while also being critical of the Saudi monarchy and espousing anti-American rhetoric, according to a 2008 State Department assessment of al-Nimr that was released by WikiLeaks.
The Tory government’s reluctance to criticise the House of Saud has a lot to do with lucrative arms and other trades deals with Britain, as well as Saudi Arabia’s vast oil reserves.
Saudi’s ruling clique, which executed 151 people a year ago (mostly for non-violent drugs offences), has said the executions were of “terrorists”.
Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appeared to indicate in an interview with The Economist magazine last week that Saudi Arabia might sell shares in Aramco, as part of a privatisation drive to raise money in an era of low oil prices. “Or, if there could be sustained unrest in Saudi Arabia’s eastern provinces that affect oil exports or military confrontation in Persian Gulf waterways”.
These religious differences are the primary issues that fuel the rebel factions seeking to overthrow the governments of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Kerry met with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in London on January 14.
The chairman of the committee, Awais Leghari, told media personnel after the briefing that the committee lauded Pakistan’s balanced stance on the Saudi-Iran conflict.
It also simulates attacks on Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, which it calls the Freemason Tower.
A long list of Arab countries such as Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, together with Islamic countries Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan and Gulf Arab and African states were mentioned.
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Last week’s visits by Saudi Arabia’s defence and foreign affairs ministers provided clarity about the coalition to Pakistani authorities.
