Baku – APA. Saudi Arabia “cannot cover” up its “big mistake” by cutting ties with Tehran, said the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
APA reports he said that Saudi Arabia made a strategic mistake by executing well-known religious figure Nimr al-Nimr: “Saudi Arabia has threatened regional security with its “strategic errors” and “hasty approaches”.
“By plotting to reduce the price of crude oil, Saudi Arabia is harming its own people and the people of other Muslim countries in the region”, he added.
He noted that no Saudi diplomats were harmed during the protests held in Tehran and Mashhad.
Saudi Arabia has announced severing of diplomatic relations with Iran following Tehran's objection to execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir made the announcement in a Sunday address aired by al-Arabiya News Channel, adding that Iran's diplomatic mission and related entities had 48 hours to leave the country.
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