Iran Issues Fresh Warning To Saudi Arabia

Iran accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of deliberately bombing its embassy and injuring staff, worsening already-strained tensions between the rival powers.

Following the attacks, Saudi Arabia ended diplomatic ties with Iran and gave the Iranian diplomatic mission two days to leave Riyadh.

Al-Nimr’s death led to demonstrations across Shia-majority countries including Iran, where protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the kingdom’s consulate in Iran’s second city Mashhad.

“The Islamic republic reserves the right to pursue its interests in this matter”, he said.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular press briefing that China is also keeping in touch with the countries in Beijing in order to promote de-escalation of regional tensions.

Ferdosipour said that downgrading Tehran-Amman relations was not discussed during his meeting with the Jordan Foreign Ministry’s officials.

Both Mecca, the birthplace of Mohammed, and Medina, the spot of the prophet’s burial, are in modern-day Saudi Arabia.

Tension between the two conflicting countries has spiraled since the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia.

Iran accused Saudi Arabia on Thursday of deliberately launching an airstrike on its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

Those attacks came after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent opposition Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr over the weekend.

Iran has offered support to the Houthis, but denies actively supporting their war effort. In response, Iranians demonstrated at two Saudi diplomatic facilities in Iran, storming the buildings and destroying property.

Nonetheless, the allegation is likely to heat up the bitter dispute that has roiled the broader Middle East, where Iran and Saudi Arabia have squared off for years.

Pakistan disapproved on Monday a mob attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, which sparked a diplomatic crisis between Iran and Arab countries, Dawn newspaper reported.

Iran backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against rebels while Saudi Arabia has pushed for his ouster in a civil war in which at least 250,000 people have died and more than 10 million have been displaced internally or driven overseas as refugees. Iran made a similar pledge.