Saudi Arabia and Iran will open embassies in each other's capitals "within days," Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said on Friday as the relationship between the two regional rivals warms up after years of hostility, Reuters reports. Speaking at a news conference in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Amirabdollahian did not give specific dates for the reopening of the embassies. The countries agreed to restore relations in March. The Iranian and Saudi embassies in the respective countries have been closed since 2016. The relationship started deteriorating in 2015 following the intervention of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the Yemen war, after the Iran-aligned Houthi movement toppled the Saudi-backed government and seized control of the capital Sana'a. Saudi Arabia accused Iran of providing weapons to the […]
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