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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Nimr al-Nimr

Iranian demonstrators hold up portraits of the Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and wave Bahraini flags during a protest after the Friday noon prayer in Tehran on May 18, 2012, held in response to a government call to protest a plan to unite Bahrain with Saudi Arabia that Tehran has said is a US plot. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
June 24, 2024, 2:52 pm
Iran, Bahrain agree to discuss restoring ties in latest Gulf-Tehran thaw
Foreign ministers meet on sidelines of summit in Tehran, nearly 8 years after relationship soured over execution of Shiite cleric; move follows Saudi detente with Iran
By AFP
Illustrative: The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah performs the constitutional oath at the Kuwaiti National Assembly, in Kuwait, September 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg, File)
August 14, 2022, 11:15 pm
Kuwait sends first envoy to Iran in 6 years, Tehran announces
Move comes following regional downgrade in ties in 2016, after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in wake of Riyadh’s execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr
By AFP
In this photo taken with low shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. (Amr Nabil/AP)
August 5, 2022, 12:38 pm
Iran demands release of citizen held in Saudi Arabia since hajj pilgrimage
Little is known about detainee, who has not been identified by Islamic Republic, nor has Sunni kingdom officially announced an arrest
By AP
An Iranian woman holds up a poster showing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Saudi Shiite cleric who was executed by Saudi Arabia, in Tehran, Iran, during a protest on January 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 28, 2021, 9:26 am
Saudis release nephew of executed Shiite cleric after nearly a decade
Ali al-Nimr’s uncle Nimr al-Nimr was put to death in 2016, in mass execution that sparked downturn in ties between Tehran and Riyadh
By AP
A man reading Al-Hayat newspaper at a cafe in the Saudi capital Riyadh, November 5, 2017. (AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
November 12, 2017, 8:58 pm
Old rivalries give way to new threats, as Iran-Saudi ‘Cold War’ heats up
The Sunni kingdom and Shiite Islamic Republic have long sparred over religion and regional control
By Marc Jourdier and Anuj Chopra
Iranian protesters hold portraits of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr as they confront riot police during a demonstration against his execution by Saudi authorities on January 3, 2016, outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
August 23, 2016, 7:21 pm
Iran names street near Saudi embassy for executed cleric
Death of prominent Shiite dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in Sunni-ruled kingdom led to mass protests, severed diplomatic ties
By AP
Illustrative: A Saudi executioner displays his sword. (YouTube/MEMRITVVideos)
May 27, 2016, 6:57 pm
Amnesty warns of ‘dramatic surge’ in Saudi executions
Watchdog says kingdom carried out at least 158 death sentences last year, making it third most prolific executioner after Iran, Pakistan
By AFP
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a speech, June 4, 2007. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
January 20, 2016, 4:00 pm
Iran supreme leader condemns Saudi embassy attack
Khamenei calls aggression ‘a very bad and wrong incident’; assault came after Riyadh executed prominent Shiite cleric
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) meeting in Tehran with Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh. (AP)
January 15, 2016, 10:14 pm
‘Hamas rejects Iran offer of funding in return for backing in Saudi row’
Proposal splits leadership of Palestinian terror group, but political chief turns it down for fear of offending Sunni states
By Avi Issacharoff
Still image from video obtained on September 11, 2012, of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking from an undisclosed location. (AFP/Site Intelligence Group)
January 14, 2016, 4:18 pm
Al-Qaeda leader urges attacks on Saudi Arabia
Al-Zawahiri calls kingdom ‘rotten regime’ after dozens of jihadis executed, slams ‘Zionist-Crusader alliance’
By AP and ToI Staff
A view of the Safat neighborhood in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Xiquinhosilva/Flikr CC BY-SA 2.0)
January 12, 2016, 4:36 pm
Kuwait sentences two to death for ‘spying for Iran’
Move comes as Sunni-Shiite tensions continue to flare across Mideast following Saudi execution of prominent cleric
By AFP
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) militants in Yemen in 2014. (Screen capture: Wikimedia commons)
January 11, 2016, 6:09 pm
Al-Qaeda threatens Saudi over jihadists’ executions
Regional branch of Islamist group vows to ‘avenge the pure blood of their brothers’ in response to Riyadh anti-terror measure
By AFP
Smoke rises as Iranian protesters upset over the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Sunday, January 3, 2016. (Mohammadreza Nadimi/ISNA via AP)
January 10, 2016, 6:28 pm
Arab League backs Saudi Arabia against ‘hostile acts’ from Iran
Emergency session called over attacks on Saudi missions in Iran following its execution of prominent Shiite cleric
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami, the new head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (YouTube screen capture)
January 9, 2016, 5:00 pm
Iranian general says Saudi Arabia faces imminent collapse
Hossein Salami warns Riyadh’s ‘sectarian’ policies in region will lead to regime’s downfall, as rivalry between nations hits new lows
By ToI Staff
Iranian protesters hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration in Tehran on January 8, 2016, against the execution of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities. (AFP PHOTO)
January 9, 2016, 5:10 am
Anti-Saudi protests rage in Iran as row smoulders
Around 1,000 demonstrators shout ‘death to Al-Saud,’ ‘death to America,’ and ‘death to Israel’ as foreign minister accuses Riyadh of ‘sectarian hate-mongering’
By Siavosh GHAZI
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