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Iran: Djibouti cuts diplomatic relations with Iran

2016/01/08

Djibouti said Wednesday it has cut diplomatic relations with Iran amid a diplomatic crisis with ally Saudi Arabia.

The tiny Horn of Africa country is a strategic port on the Gulf of Aden with a key position on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf has "severed diplomatic ties with Iran," a government statement read.


The tiny Horn of Africa country is the new Saudi ally to cut ties with Iran as diplomatic crisis continues.

The small national lies at the mouth of the Red Sea, just across from Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition launched an air war in March against Iran-backed Huthi rebels who seized control of the capital Sanaa.

Tehran on Wednesday warned Riyadh to stop working against it as the row between the two rivals intensified.

The crisis began at the weekend at the same time as Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric and activist Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr inclunding 46 other convicts, prompting a furious reaction from Tehran.

Iranian protesters again ransacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Riyadh, Bahrain and Sudan severed relations with Tehran while Kuwait recalled its ambassador.

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