Iranian protesters had stormed the Saudi embassy in the early hours of Sunday after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi'ite cleric. (AP Photo)
DUBAI:
Saudi Arabia used an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions, Iran's foreign ministry said today in response to Riyadh's severing of relations, adding that Tehran was committed to protecting foreign diplomatic missions.
Iranian protesters had stormed the Saudi embassy in the early hours of Sunday after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi'ite cleric, prompting Riyadh to withdraw its diplomatic staff and order Iranian diplomats to leave the kingdom.
"Iran... is committed to provide diplomatic security based on international conventions. But Saudi Arabia, which thrives on tensions, has used this incident as an excuse to fuel the tensions," ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said in televised remarks.
Iranian protesters had stormed the Saudi embassy in the early hours of Sunday after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi'ite cleric, prompting Riyadh to withdraw its diplomatic staff and order Iranian diplomats to leave the kingdom.
"Iran... is committed to provide diplomatic security based on international conventions. But Saudi Arabia, which thrives on tensions, has used this incident as an excuse to fuel the tensions," ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said in televised remarks.
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