Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

2016-01-04 20

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, announces the kingdom’s severing of diplomatic ties with Iran after the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran was stormed on Sunday in response to the execution of Saudi Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The minister says on Sunday that Iran’s diplomatic team has been given 48 hours to leave the country.