Iran warns Saudi to stop �adding fuel to fire�

Iranian diplomats have left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed all ties with Tehran following attacks on its mission in the Islamic republic, Saudi state media said yesterday, reports AFP from Riyadh.
The staff of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh and those of the consulate in Jeddah left “on board a private Iranian plane,” state news agency SPA reported.
Iran’s official state broadcaster IRIB said the diplomats have arrived in Tehran, showing pictures of their plane after it landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.
It said the plane carried 54 Iranian diplomats and their families, who were welcomed by one of Iran’s deputy foreign ministers. Saudi diplomats in Iran returned to the kingdom on Tuesday, Saudi media reported.
Riyadh severed diplomatic ties and air links with Tehran after angry crowds set fire to its embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. The weekend protests were in response to Riyadh’s execution of leading Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a driving force behind Shiite protests in 2011. 
The Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hossein Sadeghi was quoted on state television as saying that anger at Nimr’s execution was natural but the response was not.
Another report from Tehran adds: Iran warned Saudi Arabia to stop working against it yesterday as their diplomatic crisis intensified despite efforts to defuse a row that has raised fears of regional instability.
In the latest salvo in a dispute that has seen Saudi Arabia and some of its Sunni Arab allies cut ties with Tehran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Riyadh must end its prolonged efforts to confront Iran.
Meanwhile, Qatar has also recalled its ambassador to Iran following the attack on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran. 
"Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled today Qatar's Ambassador to Tehran following the attacks on the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and general consulate in Mashhad," said foreign ministry director, Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Hamar, quoted by the state media Qatar News Agency.

 

Iran warns Saudi to stop �adding fuel to fire�

Iranian diplomats have left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed all ties with Tehran following attacks on its mission in the Islamic republic, Saudi state media said yesterday, reports AFP from Riyadh. The staff of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh and those of the consulate in Jeddah left on board a private Iranian plane, state news agency SPA reported. Irans official state broadcaster IRIB said the diplomats have arrived in Tehran, showing pictures of their plane after it landed at Tehrans Mehrabad Airport. It said the plane carried 54 Iranian diplomats and their families, who were welcomed by one of Irans deputy foreign ministers. Saudi diplomats in Iran returned to the kingdom on Tuesday, Saudi media reported. Riyadh severed diplomatic ties and air links with Tehran after angry crowds set fire to its embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. The weekend protests were in response to Riyadhs execution of leading Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a driving force behind Shiite protests in 2011. The Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Hossein Sadeghi was quoted on state television as saying that anger at Nimrs execution was natural but the response was not. Another report from Tehran adds: Iran warned Saudi Arabia to stop working against it yesterday as their diplomatic crisis intensified despite efforts to defuse a row that has raised fears of regional instability. In the latest salvo in a dispute that has seen Saudi Arabia and some of its Sunni Arab allies cut ties with Tehran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Riyadh must end its prolonged efforts to confront Iran. Meanwhile, Qatar has also recalled its ambassador to Iran following the attack on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran. Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled today Qatars Ambassador to Tehran following the attacks on the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and general consulate in Mashhad, said foreign ministry director, Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Hamar, quoted by the state media Qatar News Agency.