RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Iran arrived on Tuesday (Sep 5) in the Islamic Republic, and his counterpart landed in Riyadh, cementing a restoration of ties between the Gulf rivals after a seven-year rupture in ties. Shiite-dominated Iran and Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic rel
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Iran arrived on Tuesday in the Islamic Republic, and his counterpart landed in Riyadh, cementing a restoration of ties between the Gulf rivals after a seven-year rupture in ties.
Riyadh and Tehran severed ties in 2016 after Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran were attacked during protests over Riyadh's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Also on Tuesday, Iran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, arrived in the capital Riyadh where he was received by foreign ministry officials and embassy staff, according to Iran's official IRNA news agency.