Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

In a separate rally in the capital, an estimated 1,500 people chanted slogans against Saudi’s execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on January 2, which sparked a deepening crisis between Riyadh and regional rival Iran.

Although Saudi has not admitted responsibility for the attack, Arab coalition spokesperson Ahmad al-Asiri claimed that the Houthis have used abandoned embassy buildings for military purposes.

The spokesman asserted that the accusations based on Houthis are not credible.

Although an Associated Press reporter in Sanaa said he saw no damage to the Iranian embassy there on Thursday, the provocation of a nearby strike was enough to prompt further retaliation from the Iranian government.

A number of Arab states have either cut or downgraded the diplomatic ties with Tehran.

“Saudi Arabia is responsible for the damage to the embassy building and the injury to some of its staff”, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by the state news agency, IRNA.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari, left, shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Somalia says it has cut diplomatic ties with Iran amid ongoing tensions between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia.

The Times newspaper reported on Tuesday that British Prime Minister David Cameron had delayed a trip to Saudi Arabia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s execution of 47 convicts, including a prominent Shiite cleric, was an “internal legal matter” of the kingdom.

The Prince, one of the most powerful men in Saudi Arabia, spoke to The Economist earlier this week, two days after protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Iran.

The Somali government on Thursday severed its diplomatic ties with Iran following attack on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran on Saturday by protesters. Because a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is the beginning of a major catastrophe in the region…. Annual imports from Saudi Arabia – mainly packing materials and textiles – total about $60 million a year.