OIC condemns attacks on Saudi mission in Iran via joTurkishWeekly
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1/22/2016 9:18:15 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday condemned the attacks by Iranian protesters on Saudi missions in early January.
The condemnation came in the final statement issued by the OIC's Council of foreign ministers that gathered in an extraordinary meeting in Jeddah at the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On Jan. 3 Iranian protesters attacked and set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad after Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners including prominent Shia cleric Nimr Baqir al-Nimr.
The cleric had allegedly led mass protests against the Saudi authorities in the kingdom’s eastern Qatif province before his arrest in July 2012.
"The Council condemns the aggressions which constitute a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 and international law" said the statement.
It said the Saudi diplomatic missions should have been protected in line with international laws and that Iran had failed to fulfill this requirement.
The council also accused Iran of "interfering in the internal affairs of the states of the region” referring to Syria and Yemen among other countries.
"The Council also calls on all member states and the international community to take serious and effective steps to prevent the occurrence and recurrence of such aggressions on diplomatic and consular missions in Iran in the future" added the statement.
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