The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of Gulf Arab States will hold an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Riyadh on Saturday, January 9 to discuss the repercussions of an Iranian protest attack on the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and the country�s General Consulate in Mashhad after the execution of a prominent Shia cleric by Saudi Arabia.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� The meeting will be held under�the chairmanship of�Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir.

Last weekend, protesters stormed the Saudi Arabian embassy in�Iran after�Riyadh executed top Iranian Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, along�with dozens of�other people convicted of "terrorism." Nimr al-Nimr had demanded more rights for�Shiites, who are a minority in�Saudi Arabia, where most citizens are Sunni Muslims.

Shortly after�the unrest, Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties with�Iran. Bahrain followed in�its footsteps, together with�Sudan and Djibouti. The United Arab Emirates also scaled down�its diplomatic representation in�Iran and Kuwait recalled its ambassador.

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