Yesterday saudi arabia broke off diplomatic ties with its rival, iran, after demonstrator s invaded and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Iranians were protesting the saudi execution of a muslim cleric who criticized the saudi rulers. Nbcs bill neely reports from london that tensions between the two nations are high and getting worse. Across the shia world. Nimr alnimr was a charismatic saudi preacher. He said he preferred words to weapons; words harshly critical of the saudi regime. Which executed him for inciting unrest among its shia minority. Irans Supreme Leader warned saudi arabia would face divine revenge for a crime. Iran is seething. The execution has inflamed tensions between shia and sunni muslims; faiths led by iran and saudi arabia. neely on camera 1 13 1 37 and saudi arabia has now cut off diplomatic relations with iran, giving iranian diplomats there 48 hours to leave the country. And the saudis may already have pulled their diplomats out of iran. Theres no sign t
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