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Added on the 06/06/2023 17:55:58 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Hours after Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran early Sunday morning, Saudi Arabia announced that it will sever all diplomatic ties with Iran. CNN reported that Riyadh has given all Iranian diplomats in Saudi Arabia 48 hours to leave the country.
Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, as Shi'ite Muslim Iran react with fury to Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric. Rough Cut-Subtitled (no reporter narration).
Scores of Iranians protest outside the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, chanting "down with the disloyal Saudis" over a stampede that killed over 700 people at the annual haj pilgrimage. Nathan Frandino reports.
The move to reopen the embassy in Tehran is the most striking sign of the thaw in relations between Iran and the West in over a decade. Gavino Garay reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells Gulf Cooperation Council ministers during a meeting in Riyadh that Iran's confrontation with Israel showed the need for greater defence integration. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).