Tehran accuses Saudi Arabia of attacking Iranian embassy in YemenJanuary 7, 2016 - 15:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran has accused Saudi warplanes of attacking the Iranian embassy in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen. Some guards were wounded in the attack, the Guardian reports citing state TV. “Saudi Arabia is responsible for the damage to the embassy building and the injury to some of its staff,” foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by state television news channel IRIB. A spokesman from the Saudi-led coalition said it was investigating the claims. The claims come as relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia grow increasingly fractious, with several Saudi allies having cut or downgraded diplomatic ties with Tehran in the last few days. Iran’s government on Thursday, January 7, banned all imports of products made in Saudi Arabia, according to student news agency ISNA. The decision was made in a cabinet meeting chaired by president Hassan Rouhani, it said. The diplomatic crisis followed the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran by protesters angry at Saudi Arabia’s execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shia cleric. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |