TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said the trial of suspects arrested over last month's attacks on the Saudi embassy and mission will start soon. "The trial of suspects who were allegedly behind the raids on the Saudi embasy and mission will open soon; the Judiciary is handling all cases," Shamkhani ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Sudanese opposition leader revealed that the country's government has blackmailed Saudi Arabia for severance of relations with Iran. "The policy of the current government in Sudan is blackmailing (others) for taking foreign policy positions," President of Sudan's National Front Ahmad Ibrahim told FNA on Monday. "Saudi Arabia ...

Airlines in the Persian Gulf Arab countries have taken a serious hit from Saudi Arabias severing of diplomatic relations with Iran this month, losing millions of dollars in revenue so far. Business from transportation of pilgrims, mainly carried out by regional Arab airlines, came to a sudden halt after the kingdom and a few allies cut ties with ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday lashed out at the recent attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran, but stressed that such moves should not turn into a pretext for undermining young Iranian revolutionaries. The recent attack on Saudi Arabias embassy in Tehran, and before that, the attack ...

Bahraini regime forces have clashed with protesters demonstrating to condemn Saudi Arabias recent execution of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The AlKhalifah regimeforces attacked the demonstrators in the northeastern island of Sitra on Saturday night, firing tear gas at them. Some of the demonstrators reportedly sustained injuries ...

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced two people to death for spying on behalf of Iran, media reported Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) According to the Sky News Arabia television channel, one of the convicted is from Iran. Earlier this month, Kuwait withdrew its ambassador from Iran due to Tehrans tensions with Riyadh. Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ...

Alwaght- The US is seeking to manage the tensions in the region, in a way that the West's and its dependent regimes' costs are reduced and, in contrast, expenses of the Axis of Resistance are increased. This approach is well proven by the behavior of the West and the Americans in dealing with the current tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran as well ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Prosecutor General of Tehran Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi said a process is still underway to identify, capture and interrogate suspects for a January 3 attack on Saudi Arabias embassy in Tehran. Speaking at a judicial session on Sunday, Dowlatabadi said the attackers continue to be identified, arrested and interrogated. On Saturday,...

Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA Zionists and arrogant powers are benefitting from escalation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. Larijani made the remarks in his speech to the parliament formal session. Larijani said that the Saudi government is pursuing provocative policy toward Iran and that the Saudi leaders must ...

Irans Interior Ministry Spokesman Hossein-Ali Amiri says the deputy governor general of Tehran Province for security affairs wasremoved due to the dereliction of hisdutiesin the case ofthe recent attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Speaking in a televised interview on Saturday, Amiri saidSafar-Ali Baratlou had alsopreviously received notices,...

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA Friday prayers leaders throughout Iran in their sermons this week condemned the Saudi regime's execution of Sheikh Nimr and that reactionary government's irrational anti-Iranian campaign. The Friday Prayers leader of Kermanshah in western Iran condemned the execution of the Saudi Shi'a cleric by the Saudi government, arguing that ...

Iranians have held fresh rallies across the country, including the capital Tehran, to condemn Saudi Arabias execution of prominent cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Thousands of people marched through Tehran following the Friday Prayers amid tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the past week. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the United ...

Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA Prosecutor General Ebrahim Raeesi said on Thursday that investigations into the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran are still underway. Immediately after the incident, the Prosecutor General's office stepped in and began probing into the attack, Raeesi said speaking to reporters. Angry protesters stormed the Saudi embassy ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Several hundred people protested outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Australia's Canberra against the execution of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The cleric was beheaded on the weekend after Saudi authorities accused him of inciting his followers to violence, but human rights groups said he was executed for his political ...

Islamabad, Jan 7, IRNA -- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Bin Ahmed al-Jubeir arrived in Islamabad on an official two-day visit on Thursday afternoon amid anti-Saudi protests in the capital city. Upon his arrival on Thursday afternoon, hundreds of Pakistani people held anti-Saudi rally in capital and once again condemned inhuman and anti-human rights ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA - Recent attacks against Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran and Mashhad is suspicious, Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari said on Wednesday. Speaking in a local ceremony, the police chief said that he is not sure but suspicious of the way Saudi missions were attacked. Police will continue its investigation to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tasnim) Dozens of peace activists and Muslim citizens of the US held a protest rally in Washington, D.C., to condemn Saudi Arabia for executing prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. According to Tasnim dispatches, at the demonstration held in front of the Saudi embassy in Washington on Tuesday, the protesters voiced their ...

WHENSaudi Arabiaexecuted the Shia cleric and political dissident Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, the countrys leaders were aware that doing so would upset their longtime rivals inIran. In fact, the royal court in Riyadh was probably counting on it. It got what it wanted. The deterioration of relations has been precipitous: Protesters in Tehran sacked ...

BEIRUT The Middle East slid dangerously closer to regional conflict Monday after Saudi Arabia rallied its Sunni allies to sever diplomatic ties with Iran, prompting alarmed appeals for restraint from powers across the globe. Bahrain and Sudan joined Saudi Arabia in cutting off relations with Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, a key Iranian trading ...

Kuwait has become the next Islamic country to renounce ties with Iran after it recalled its ambassador to Tehran, following Irans spat with Saudi Arabia. The state-run Kuwait News Agency reported the news. A source at the Foreign Ministry blasted Iran for its alleged violations of the commitment to provide security to diplomatic missions an accusation ...