Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, made the announcement on Sunday while the foreign ministry announced that it would ask the Iranian diplomatic mission to leave the kingdom within 48 hours.
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Later Sunday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned al-Nimr’s execution, warning that Saudi Arabia was facing “divine revenge” over the death.
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The statement was the second after the kingdom’s foreign ministry announced it had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Riyadh to protest an “aggressive” statement by Tehran on the execution of Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Demonstrators who had massed at the embassy gates to protest against cleric Nimr’s execution broke into the embassy and started fires before being cleared away by the police, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said he was “deeply dismayed” by Saudi Arabia’s execution, a spokesman said Saturday. No Saudi embassy staff was inside the building in Tehran as protestorS trashed the offices.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted “divine vengeance” for the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, an outspoken opponent of the Saudi Arabia’s ruling family.
Demonstrators in Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, and elsewhere marched in the streets Sunday, chanting and carrying signs, in protest of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a respected Shiite Muslim cleric.
Iran is ruled by a majority Shia-led government and some of its politicians have warned that Saudi’s monarchy will pay a high price for the killing of Sheikh Al Nimr.
Simon Haddad, professor of political science at the AUB, said the Saudi-Iranian tension will further complicate matters in Lebanon, particularly the presidential initiative.
The United States, Saudi Arabia’s biggest backer in the West, responded by encouraging diplomatic engagement and calling for leaders in the region to take “affirmative steps” to reduce tensions.
Iran arrested 40 people on Saturday night for violence and President Hassan Rouhan said attacks like the one that took place on the Saudi embassy “damage the holy reputation of Islamic Republic of Iran”. Already on Saturday there were public calls for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to shut the embassy down again.
Mr Jubeir said Saudi Arabia would not let Iran undermine its security, accusing it of having “distributed weapons and planted terrorist cells in the region”.
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The Saudi government announced the executions early Saturday, saying the prisoners had been convicted on terrorism charges. “Four, including Sheikh Nimr, were Shiites accused of participating in violent demonstrations in which demonstrators and police were killed”. On Friday, Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad after a 25-year pause, giving way to more cooperation between the two countries on tackling terrorism.
