Bahrain and Sudan lop ties with Tehran,while the UAE downgrades relations after execution of main Shia cleric Saudi Arabias closest Sunni allies have followed its lead and severed or downgraded their relations with Iran, as the repercussions continued over the execution of a main Shia cleric by the Saudi authorities, or which has provoked international condemnation. Ban Ki-moon,the UN secretary general, called the dramatic rupture between Riyadh and Tehran “deeply worrying”.
Bahrain and Sudan lop their ties with Iran, and while the United Arab Emirates downgraded its relations in a bitter row that has highlighted escalating Sunni-Shia tensions and cast a long shadow over efforts to end the wars in Syria and Yemen.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com