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January 6th, 2016 
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nsnbc : Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan followed suit after Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties to Iran. The diplomatic crisis erupted after Saudi Arabia executed 47, including Shi’ite cleric al-Nimr, and after a crowd of protesters trashed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in response. The crisis has begun to involve economic and other sanctions.
Saudi Embassy in Tehran torched by protesters on January 2, 2015.
Bahrain and Sudan were the first to follow suit and cut their diplomatic ties with Tehran. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) downgraded its relations from ambassador to charge d’affaires and limited the number of Iranian diplomats in the country. Saudi Arabia announced that it has cancelled all flights to and from Iran and that economic and other sanctions may follow.
The latest Gulf Arab country to follow suit was Kuwait. The Kuwaiti State news agency reports that a source at he Foreign Ministry has denounced Iran for the violation of its commitment to provide security to diplomatic missions in the country. The Kuwaiti statement is consistent with accusations from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that stressed that Tehran has a history with regard to failure to protect foreign embassies.
Some 40 out of about 3,000 protesters at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran were arrested. Those who were detained were among those who entered the embassy compound, trashed the ground ground first floor and torched part of the embassy. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the attack on the embassy “totally unjustifiable”. Rouhani would, however, denounce the execution of al-Nimr. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei denounced the execution of al-Nimr as a political mistake and warned that the Saudi royal family could expect “divine retribution”.
The State run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported that Bahrain called on Iranian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours. The execution of Shi’ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr has escalated protests in Bahrain. The country has seen a wave of demonstration for human rights and reform since the onset of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011. The majority of people in Bahrain are Shi’ites while the ruling elite is almost exclusively Sunni.
The government of Sudan denounced the attack on the Saudi embassy as “barbaric” while it cut its ties to Tehran. Sudan described the events at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran as a “flagrant violation of international law”. The government of the UAE noted that it was curbing ties to Tehran because of Tehran’s continuous interference in the internal affairs of Gulf Arab States which had reached unprecedented levels. Gulf Arab States are, among others, accusing Iran of fueling the continuous protests in Bahrain.
A spokesperson for US President Barack Obama, John Earnest, stressed the need for Iran and Saudi Arabia to deescalate the situation. The White House urges all sides to show restraint, said Earnest.
The USA is, however, the primary ally of Saudi Arabia. Influential US think tanks and government circles are known for aiming at the destabilization of Iran as part of long-term US / NATO strategy. The USA is, among other, supporting the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK). Fanning a Shia – Sunni conflict is part of these strategic considerations.
CH/L – nsnbc 05.01.2016
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2016/01/05/saudi-allies-cut-diplomatic-ties-with-iran/
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