Somalia yesterday, January 7, announced that it has severed
ties with Iran,local media reports. The East African nation joins a growing
number of countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to cut off diplomatic relations
with Tehran amid escalating tensions.
Saudi Arabia announced Monday it
was severing ties with Iran following an attack on its embassy in the Iranian
capital, Tehran, on Saturday during protests against the execution of a Shiite
cleric. Since then, Sudan, Bahrain, Djibouti and now Somalia have followed
suit.
According to Shabelle Media Network in Mogadishu, the Somali
government had earlier condemned the attack on the Saudi Embassy, saying the
incident "breaks the international treaty on diplomatic relations signed
in Vienna in 1961"
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