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| Saudi Arabia-Iran row: Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Tehran | Saudi Arabia-Iran row: Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Tehran |
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| Bahrain has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran, following a similar move by Saudi Arabia. | Bahrain has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran, following a similar move by Saudi Arabia. |
| Saudi Arabia on Sunday gave Iranian diplomats two days to leave after a row over the Saudi execution of a top Shia Muslim cleric and a subsequent attack on its embassy in Tehran. | |
| Saudi Arabia and Iran are the key Sunni and Shia powers in the region and back opposing sides in Syria and Yemen. | |
| Bahrain is ruled by a Sunni Muslim king but its population is majority Shia. | Bahrain is ruled by a Sunni Muslim king but its population is majority Shia. |
| The kingdom on Monday gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. | |
| Iran-Saudi crisis 'most dangerous for decades' | |
| Sunnis and Shia: Islam's ancient schism | |
| Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr: Leading Saudi Shia cleric | |
| There are fears sectarian strife may spread in the region following the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they were convicted of terror-related offences. | There are fears sectarian strife may spread in the region following the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after they were convicted of terror-related offences. |
| On Monday, two Sunni mosques in Iraq were bombed and an imam killed. | On Monday, two Sunni mosques in Iraq were bombed and an imam killed. |
| Saudi Arabia announced late on Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Iran after demonstrators stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran. It has recalled its own diplomats. | |
| Iran's foreign ministry on Monday accused the Saudis of "continuing the policy of increasing tension and clashes in the region". | |
| Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said: "Saudi Arabia sees not only its interests but also its existence in pursuing crises and confrontations and attempts to resolve its internal problems by exporting them to the outside." |