Saudi foreign minister says looking at more measures against Iran

Animosity between the old foes has once again spiked to new heights after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shia cleric and activist Nimr al-Nimr.

Condemning the attacks on Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Boroujerdi said Iran has so far rejected hasty, extremist revolutionary movements and favors rationality and prudence in all areas.

The Saudi regime is anxious over Iran’s growing influence, fearing that such a situation could take away the Riyadh regime’s “leverage” both in the region and the world, he added.

Last week, President Erdogan paid a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met King Salman bin Abdul Aziz for talks focused on the Syrian crisis and energy cooperation between the two countries.

After the meeting the GCC, which comprises Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, condemned what they said was Iranian interference in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia and the region.

Jubeir said some countries had offered to mediate but that required Iran to be serious about the efforts.

Press TV has interviewed Hazem Salem, a political activist from Cairo, and Michael Lane with the American Institute for Foreign Policy from Washington to discuss Saudi Arabia’s provocative policies that are fueling tensions in the Middle East.

Shortly after the unrest, a diplomatic row erupted in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia severing diplomatic ties with the region’s main Shiite power, Iran. Tehran cut all commercial ties with Riyadh, and banned pilgrims from traveling to Mecca.