Saudis cut ties with Iran following Shiite cleric execution

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alfred russel

#30
January 05, 2016, 12:09:05 PM
Right wingers wanted to see examples of muslims taking action against islamic extremists. Well here you go...
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grumbler

#31
January 05, 2016, 03:34:49 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 04, 2016, 11:38:55 PM
They can't hate each other that much if Saudi has an embassy in Tehran.  :hmm:

They don't any more.  See: the title to this thread.
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#32
January 05, 2016, 03:44:09 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on January 05, 2016, 08:47:55 AM
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Any particular one?
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#33
January 05, 2016, 03:52:13 PM
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Syt

#34
January 07, 2016, 06:15:17 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35251917

QuoteIran accuses Saudis of bombing embassy in Yemen

Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of bombing its embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa, state media say.

Broadcaster Irinn said missiles had struck the embassy, causing damage.

Sanaa residents said there were dozens of air strikes on Thursday morning by the coalition, which is battling the Houthi rebel movement.

Riyadh, which is embroiled in a diplomatic row with Iran over the execution of a Shia cleric, accuses Tehran of supporting the Houthis.
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Martinus

#35
January 07, 2016, 06:17:24 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on January 05, 2016, 12:09:05 PM
Right wingers wanted to see examples of muslims taking action against islamic extremists. Well here you go...

:D

Razgovory

#36
January 07, 2016, 07:30:22 AM
Quote from: Syt on January 07, 2016, 06:15:17 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35251917

QuoteIran accuses Saudis of bombing embassy in Yemen

Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of bombing its embassy in Yemen's capital Sanaa, state media say.

Broadcaster Irinn said missiles had struck the embassy, causing damage.

Sanaa residents said there were dozens of air strikes on Thursday morning by the coalition, which is battling the Houthi rebel movement.

Riyadh, which is embroiled in a diplomatic row with Iran over the execution of a Shia cleric, accuses Tehran of supporting the Houthis.

Okay, that's unexpected.
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Syt

#37
January 07, 2016, 07:32:42 AM
Update:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35251917

QuoteIran embassy bombing: Saudis targeted Yemen site - Tehran

Iran has accused Saudi-led coalition warplanes of "deliberately" bombing its embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

State media quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying members of staff had been wounded in an air strike.

Sanaa residents reported dozens of air strikes on Thursday by the coalition, which is battling Houthi rebels.

However, residents and witnesses in Sanaa reported there was no damage to the embassy after the air strikes, Reuters and AP report.

An AP reporter at the site said the embassy was still standing and had no visible damage.

A coalition spokesman said the strikes had targeted rebel missile launchers, and that the rebels had used abandoned embassies for operations.

Saudi Arabia has become embroiled in a diplomatic row with Iran after a Shia cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, was executed by the Saudi authorities.

The government in Riyadh accuses Iran of supporting the Houthis militarily - a charge it denies.
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#38
January 07, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
FT reported today that there has been a big popular backlash against the embassy attack - i.e. people are blaming hardliners for vandalism and making Iran look bad.
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#39
January 07, 2016, 11:33:20 AM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 07, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
FT reported today that there has been a big popular backlash against the embassy attack - i.e. people are blaming hardliners for vandalism and making Iran look bad.

Heh, aren't embassy attacks traditional for Iran?  ;)
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Solmyr

#40
January 11, 2016, 06:05:47 AM
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/07/news/iran-saudi-arabia-trade-pilgrimages/

QuoteIran has banned all imports from Saudi Arabia and told Iranians they can't join pilgrimages to its holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

So no more pilgrimage for Iranians. Will this be a big thing?

Syt

#41
January 11, 2016, 06:08:33 AM
Considering it's one of the Five Pillars, it should be pretty big for devout Muslims in Iran.
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jimmy olsen

#42
January 11, 2016, 07:25:11 AM
Huh...could the Saudis actually want to provoke the Iranians into war with them, banking on the fact that the Americans will have to slap them down? It would cause the price of oil to skyrocket.
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grumbler

#43
January 11, 2016, 07:48:33 AM
Quote from: Solmyr on January 11, 2016, 06:05:47 AM
http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/07/news/iran-saudi-arabia-trade-pilgrimages/

QuoteIran has banned all imports from Saudi Arabia and told Iranians they can't join pilgrimages to its holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

So no more pilgrimage for Iranians. Will this be a big thing?

It's one of the things the Saudis promised never to do as custodians of the holy sites.  It is an interesting escalation, but one that will almost certainly backfire as Muslims around the world see the Saudis politicizing the Haj.
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Eddie Teach

#44
January 11, 2016, 08:09:34 AM
How does it fall on the Saudis if Iran tells its people not to go on the hajj?
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