According to the Saudi foreign minister, the country’s diplomatic mission in Iran had left for Dubai. Outside the Middle East, some criticized the Saudi justice system and the mass execution, the largest in the kingdom in decades.
Advertisement
Armed Militiamen Occupy Oregon Wildlife Refuge
A small flock of pheasants wandered across the refuge driveway, scattering as men driving utility vehicles traversed the property. A number of militamen have seized the refuge’s headquarters in protest of arson convictions against a pair of local ranchers.
Bahrain and Sudan have both severed relations with Iran, and the UAE has downgraded its diplomatic team. And now Saudi Arabia announced it has cut ties with Iran.
Man United Move Up To 5th After Beating Swansea 2-1
Then there is a midweek trip to Newcastle United followed by a Sunday visit to Anfield to take on Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool. This is scarcely credible, given the attacking heritage of the great teams of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson.
The statement was published on Monday afternoon.
Alabama pastor finds church collapsed in storm
The emergency manager of Ellis county south of Dallas, Stephanie Parker, posted on twitter: “We have destroyed and damaged homes”. Severe flooding also hit much of the city, with crews using boats to rescue people from submerged cars.
Last July, Bahrain recalled its ambassador to Tehran after it foiled an arms smuggling plot which it attributed to Iranian-backed elements.
“It is unjustifiable”, he said in a statement.
“For Iran, (the message was that) we reject Iranian interference in our affairs and we will stand up against anybody who we think is an Iranian agent of influence inside the country, who has called for the dissolution of the kingdom”.
Demonstrations outside the Saudi embassy and at Palestine Square in Tehran attracted around 1,500 people Sunday, with chants of “Death to the House of Saud”.
“And specifically on Saudi Arabia let me be clear – we condemn and do not support the death penalty in any circumstances and that includes Saudi Arabia”.
Protesters had been able to climb up onto the roof of the embassy before they were made to leave, ISNA added.
But Washington has urged diplomatic engagement between the embattled countries, calling on other countries in the region to actively help reduce the rising tensions. The government accused him of inciting violence, which he denied. The two nations – majority-Shiite Iran and majority-Sunni Saudi Arabia – have always been at odds.
He also says that “it appears that protection (of pilgrims) and security issues will prevent hajj from taking place”. The pilgrimage is required of every able-bodied Muslim once in a person’s life. And in Yemen, Saudi Arabia has led an air campaign against Shiite Houthi rebels.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the Australian government is deeply disturbed by Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of 47 people. But he gained support among militant Shia factions in Iraq and some clerics in Iran, which was surely of concern to Saudi authorities.
American officials have said the Saudi-Iranian split does not bode well for global peacemaking efforts that require the two powers to make compromises. That’s where the family of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr is holding three days of mourning at a local mosque. His execution on Saturday has sparked outrage among Shiites across the region.
Iran said this would not distract from Riyadh’s “big mistake” in executing the cleric, the IRNA agency reported.
Nimr, the most vocal critic of the dynasty among the Shi’ite minority, had come to be seen as a leader of the sect’s younger activists, who had exhausted of the failure of older, more measured leaders to achieve equality with Sunnis.
Advertisement
“Iran and Saudi Arabia are neither natural allies nor natural enemies, but natural rivals who have long competed as major oil producers and self-proclaimed defenders of Shia and Sunni Islam, respectively”, University of South Florida professor Mohsen M. Milani wrote in an analysis for CNN in 2011.
