TEHRAN, August 5, YJC - Saudi Arabia has defended the death penalties it has handed down to 14 Shia nationals amid criticisms that the defendants were tortured into false confessions and convicted in sham trials.
TEHRAN, August 4, YJC - Saudi military bulldozers have almost razed Awamiyah to the ground amid the deadly crackdown on the besieged Shia town, forcing hundreds of its residents to flee their homes.
TEHRAN, August 4, YJC - The UK government has blocked the public release of nearly 1,000 documents detailing sensitive data about the country’s past military deals with Saudi Arabia.
TEHRAN, August 2, YJC - Saudi Arabia asked a US judge to dismiss the lawsuits that hold Riyadh responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks and seek damages for the victims.
TEHRAN, August 2, YJC - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed the hope that Saudi Arabia would reconsider its regional policies, on the same day that he shook hands with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in Istanbul in a move that surprised many reporters.
TEHRAN, August 1, YJC - Syria said Saudi Arabia continues to impose crippling restrictions on Syrian nationals who seek to take part in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, strongly criticizing the Arab kingdom for “politicizing” the annual holy Muslim event.
TEHRAN, July 31, YJC - The Saudi government has described as a “declaration of war” what it says are calls by Qatar for the “internationalization” of the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia, a demand that Doha says it has not made.
TEHRAN, July 30, YJC - As a diplomatic crisis drags on in the Persian Gulf region, a Doha-appointed human rights commission says Saudi Arabia has been “politicizing” the annual hajj pilgrimage through imposing restrictions on Qatari pilgrims travelling to the kingdom.
TEHRAN, July 27, YJC - Saudi forces have waged a fresh wave of attacks against a besieged town in the kingdom’s Shia-populated Eastern Province, killing at least seven people and injuring several others over the past few hours.
TEHRAN, July 27, YJC - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on Western and regional countries to use their influence towards ending the Saudi war on Yemen.
TEHRAN, July 26, YJC - Qatar’s foreign minister, who is on a visit to the US, says the “negative behavior” of the Saudi-led bloc of blockaders is undermining the mediation efforts aimed at settling the unprecedented diplomatic crisis gripping the Persian Gulf region.
TEHRAN, July 25, YJC -An Iranian official dismissed reports raising public concern about participation of Iranian pilgrims in this year’s Hajj, saying required preparations are being made and the first group of pilgrims will fly to Saudi Arabia on July 31.
TEHRAN, July 15, YJC -An international human rights group says Saudi officials have moved a disabled man sentenced to death for attending an anti-regime protest into solitary confinement in preparation for his execution.
TEHRAN, July 14, YJC - Former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sir William Patey says the kingdom is fueling extremism in the United Kingdom and Europe, arguing that its support for Wahhabist ideology is leading to radicalization.
TEHRAN, July 13, YJC - Israeli Communications Minister Ayoob Kara said Tel Aviv is seeking direct flights to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage as the two sides move closer to forge a model of relations.
TEHRAN, July 13, YJC - Talks between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and several Persian Gulf Arab states aimed at ending a rift with Qatar have come to an end without any breakthrough.
TEHRAN, July 11, YJC - Saudi Arabia has executed four people in the in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province over allegations of conducting terrorist activities, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
Doha has resisted pressure led by Saudi Arabia and it is now impossible for the regime in Riyadh to force the Qataris to accept a list of 13 demands, said an analyst.