Among them were four Shiites, including prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr, whose death triggered a diplomatic crisis between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran.
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He also warned Iran risked being rejected by all the Arab countries of the region.
Tensions in the Gulf have reached levels unseen since the 1980s, when Iraq received Gulf Arab funding for its 1980-88 war against Iran in a pan-Arab effort to stem the influence of the Islamic revolution that had toppled the Shah.
“The illogical and unwise measures by the Saudi rulers have led to nothing but weakening the Muslim world, providing service to the world arrogance and strengthening the terrorist stream”, said Sadeq Amoli Larijani in a speech addressing the judiciary officials in Tehran according to the report.
“Iran, confident of its strength, has refused to retaliate or break – or even downgrade – diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia”, Zarif wrote. The final agreement reached previous year has marked a new era of cooperation between Washington and Tehran, though the Saudis fear it will draw Tehran closer to the U.S.at the expense of Riyadh, a longtime American ally.
The Arab Ministerial Meeting was attended by 18 of the 21 foreign ministers.
The ongoing confrontation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, longtime powerful rivals, is further endangering regional stability, further complicating the already intricate situation in the Middle East.
Cavusoglu said Turkey is working to improve the bilateral relations with Iran in every field.
Saudi Foreign Minister Dr Adel Al-Jubeir visited Islamabad last week followed by Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Sunday.
“The US’s objective is to trigger conflict in the region and engage us with Saudi Arabia”.
“If Iran would do so, it would be possible to live peacefully in the region as neighbors”.
Rahmani Fazli who was responding to a reporter’s question storming of Saudi embassy in Tehran, raised a new perspective and interpretation of the embassy attack, believing some analysts would not reject the possibility.
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Kuwait recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.
