Iran opening embassy in Riyadh after seven years
Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016.
TEHRAN: Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, June 6, following a seven-year closure, a diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse (AFP), 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.
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