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Monday, June 5, 2023
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Monday, June 5, 2023
Iran to reopen Saudi embassy tommorow
Women walk past the closed Iranian embassy in the diplomatic quarter of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on April 11, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia tomorrow following a seven-year closure, Tehran says, sealing a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal announced in March.
Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016 after its embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Mashhad were attacked during protests over Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Iran’s diplomatic mission, which was expelled by Saudi authorities, will return under the leadership of Alireza Enayati, who previously served as Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait.
Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani announces the reopening in a statement, confirming earlier comments by a diplomatic source in Riyadh.
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