Iran Criticizes Saudi Crackdown on Protesters, Fars Says
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on protesters in its oil-rich Eastern Province after Saudi security forces arrested dissident Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in the al-Qatif area, the state-run Fars news agency reported.
Shiite-led Iran is “concerned by violent actions carried out by the Saudi forces against religious figures and people,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying yesterday. Saudi officials must respond to “the legitimate demands of the public and refrain from using violence against people,” he said, according to the report.