No Associated Press journalist in Yemen could immediately reach the embassy in the war-torn capital Sanaa on Thursday after the IRNA report.
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Iraq’s foreign minister offered Wednesday to act as a mediator between its neighbors Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Tehran announced Thursday it was banning imports of goods from Saudi Arabia in response to the incident.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Investment Promotion summoned the Charge d’Affaire of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mogadishu to inform him of the decision to severe diplomatic ties with Iran.
The sultanate “expressed its deep regret” over the attacks, which it described as “unacceptable” in a foreign ministry statement published by the official ONA news agency.
A protest by hundreds of Bahrain’s majority Shiites marching to denounce Saudi Arabia for its execution last week of a leading Shiite cleric has descended into violence.
Pakistan, which is a predominantly Sunni Muslim state but has a large Shiite minority, has expressed hope that Saudi Arabia and Iran will be able to normalize their relations.
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Somalia’s government cut diplomatic ties with Iran and recalled its envoys after accusing the Iranian Embassy of establishing sects that pose a threat to national security in the Horn of Africa nation.
On the same day, unidentified gunmen open fire on a police patrol in al-Nimr’s hometown in Saudi Arabia’s Qatif province, killing one person.
Residents and witnesses in Sanaa had told Reuters there was no damage to the Iranian embassy building.
Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, is held by Shiite rebels known as Houthis. State media in Iran showed still photographs it said were of the diplomats arriving in Tehran on a Meraj Airlines jet.
President Hassan Rouhani asked Iran’s judiciary on Wednesday to urgently prosecute the people who attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
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AFP reported that Iran on Thursday also banned all products from Saudi Arabia and that a ban on Iranians traveling for religious pilgrimage to Mecca would continue.
