DOHA: Qatar recalled its ambassador to Iran on Wednesday, state news agency QNA said, after allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain cut their ties with Tehran following attacks on Saudi missions by Iranian protesters, angered by the execution of a Shiite radical Nimr al Nimr.
“The ministry summoned this morning Qatar’s ambassador to Tehran against the backdrop of attacks on the embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran...,” the agency quoted Khalid Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al-Hamar, the director of the Asian Affairs Department, as saying.
Qatar’s move comes after Djibouti cut its diplomatic relations with Iran, joining Sudan and Bahrain which earlier severed ties with the majority Shiite nation in solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) partially downgraded its relations with Iran, while Kuwait has recalled its envoy from Tehran.
Jordan and Egypt have also expressed their support for Saudi Arabia, condemning Iran’s repeated interference in regional affairs.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry of Wednesday summoned Iran’s ambassador to condemn the attacks.
Oman is the only member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that has not taken action against Iran, but it issued on Wednesday a statement condemning the Iranian mob attacks on the Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran as “unacceptable”.
In Ankara, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the executions in Saudi Arabia were a domestic issue as he denounced those who were making a big issue out of it.
In a speech to local officials, Erdogan said those who remained silent about the deaths of people in Syria’s civil war were now causing uproar over the execution of one person in Saudi Arabia. His remarks were in apparent reference to Iran, which, together with Russia, had been an ardent backer of the Bashad Assad regime.
“The ministry summoned this morning Qatar’s ambassador to Tehran against the backdrop of attacks on the embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran...,” the agency quoted Khalid Ibrahim Abdulrahman Al-Hamar, the director of the Asian Affairs Department, as saying.
Qatar’s move comes after Djibouti cut its diplomatic relations with Iran, joining Sudan and Bahrain which earlier severed ties with the majority Shiite nation in solidarity with Saudi Arabia.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) partially downgraded its relations with Iran, while Kuwait has recalled its envoy from Tehran.
Jordan and Egypt have also expressed their support for Saudi Arabia, condemning Iran’s repeated interference in regional affairs.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry of Wednesday summoned Iran’s ambassador to condemn the attacks.
Oman is the only member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that has not taken action against Iran, but it issued on Wednesday a statement condemning the Iranian mob attacks on the Saudi diplomatic posts in Iran as “unacceptable”.
In Ankara, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the executions in Saudi Arabia were a domestic issue as he denounced those who were making a big issue out of it.
In a speech to local officials, Erdogan said those who remained silent about the deaths of people in Syria’s civil war were now causing uproar over the execution of one person in Saudi Arabia. His remarks were in apparent reference to Iran, which, together with Russia, had been an ardent backer of the Bashad Assad regime.
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