Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume talks on Thursday, report says
Security officials to discuss diplomatic relations and Yemen after seven-month break
Iran condemns mass executions carried out by Saudi Arabia
Tehran criticises violation of ‘basic human rights’ and suspends reconciliation talks
Iran-Saudi talks could change Middle East dynamics for the better
Reported meeting points to desire for better relations that could help rescue nuclear deal
Saudi teenager faces death sentence for acts when he was 10
Murtaja Qureiris, now 18, was arrested aged 13 for role in protests and has been in jail since
Tensions likely to rise as Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for ‘terrorist’ thinking
Amnesty condemns Riyadh executions as evidence of ‘callous disregard for human life’
Rights groups raise concerns as Saudi Arabia executes 37 in one day
At least 33 of those put to death on Tuesday belonged to kingdom’s Shia minority
Iran-Saudi Arabia rift narrows amid shifting alliances in region
Some 86,000 Iranian pilgrims to attend annual Hajj for the first time in two years
Saudi Arabia ends military attacks on gunmen
Fears for heritage of 400-year-old Shia town Awamiya after destruction and violence
Road to Mecca paved with Saudi Arabia-Iran rivalry
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Iranians are not joining the annual Hajj pilgrimage
Saudi Arabia, the CIA and the arming of Syrian rebels
US support for Syrian rebels is the latest chapter in its relationship with Saudi Arabia
Saudi foreign minister warns of additional measures against Iran
Fallout from execution of cleric goes on but defence minister does not foresee war
Eamonn McCann: What are a few beheadings amongst friends?
Western leaders have protected Saudi elite from scrutiny or sanction for half a century
Iran officials and social media criticise attack on embassy
Many in Iran frustrated at reaction of the hardliners who ransacked Saudi embassy
Anger grows in Saudi Arabia’s Shia areas after executions
Nightly protests in country’s oil-producing east after executions of four Shia Muslims
Iraq’s fight against Isis threatened by Saudi-Iran feud
Sectarian tensions harm efforts to combat Islamic State with Shia-Sunni alliance
Ireland ‘regrets’ mass execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia
Department of Foreign Affairs says Dublin working for death penalty abolition globally
US struggles to explain its allegiance to Saudi Arabia
Unwilling to condemn executions, US is in bind over role in Middle East power struggle
Middle East leaders urged to ‘avoid tensions’ after Saudi execution
EU expects regional powers ‘to act responsibly in an already very volatile situation’
Saudi king’s reckless policies could spell disaster for region
Mass execution elicits threats of retribution from jihadis and ruptures relations with Iran
Regional allies back Saudis after Shia cleric’s execution
Bahrain, Sudan and UAE join in diplomatic steps against Iran as political crisis deepens
Brutal decision by Saudi Arabia to execute dissidents adds to escalating conflict between Shia and Sunni branches of Islam
There is a real danger that the fruit of ongoing rehabilitation of Iran in the world community is feeding existential fears in Sunni-led kingdoms
Explainer: How do Sunni and Shia Islam differ?
Saudi Arabia-Iran crisis: split has roots in schism after death of Prophet Muhammad
‘Divine revenge’ on Saudi Arabia could take many forms
Iran looks set to make things difficult for the kingdom after execution of Shia cleric
Executed Saudi cleric fought for rights of Shia minority
Outspoken critic of regime and royal family sentenced to death in ‘deeply flawed trial’
Western leaders condemn Saudi execution of 47 people
US, UN and EU urge calm as Shia cleric’s execution inflames Middle East tensions
Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with Iran in execution row
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Saudis face ‘divine vengeance’ for killing Shia cleric al-Nimr
Simon Cumbers’s killer executed in Saudi Arabia
Irish journalist’s murderer among 47 men convicted of terrorism put to death by state
Saudi Arabia defends execution of 47, including senior Shia cleric
Iran warns executing prominent Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr will ‘cost Saudi Arabia dearly’
Outrage spreads over Saudi public beheading sentence
Ali al-Nimr (20) participated in protests against the Saudi government
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