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Iran–Saudi Arabia Relations
Bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have cooled down, after previously being strained over several geopolitical issues, such as aspirations for regional leadership, oil export policy and relations with the United States and other Western countries. Diplomatic relations were suspended from 1987 to 1990, and they were more recently suspended from 2016 to 2023 again following certain issues like the intervention in Yemen, Iran embassy bombing in Yemen, incidents during the 2015 Hajj, the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, and the attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran. However, in March 2023, after discussions brokered by China, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to reestablish relations. As of October 2024, Saudi Arabia and Iran have made efforts to improve their relations. In a meeting in Doha, Qatar, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud discussed the promotion of bilateral ties, Israeli attacks on Gaza and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy Of Saudi Arabia, Tehran
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran () is the diplomatic mission of Saudi Arabia in Iran. The embassy was closed in January 2016 when direct bilateral diplomatic relations between the two governments were severed following the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, mob attack and sacking of the embassy in January 2016. Following a diplomatic agreement brokered by China in March 2023, the embassy was reopened in August 2023. History Prior to January 2016, the mission was headed by Hasan Ibrahm Hamad Al-Zoyed, ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran. After the Execution of Nimr al-Nimr, execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric, in January 2016 by the Saudi government, an angry Iranian mob 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, attacked the Embassy in Tehran. The embassy was set on fire by an Iranian mob with a Molotov cocktail. The embassy was empty during the protests. Iranian police responded to the riot and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
