Qatar recalls ambassador to Tehran as Jordan, Djibouti, and Turkey also express pro-Saudi positions

Qatar has become the latest country to back Saudi Arabia in its dispute with Iran, recalling its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday in response to the attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions last weekend, AP reported on 06 Jan 2016. 

Jordan, Djibouti, and Turkey also expressed pro-Saudi positions on Wednesday after the embassy was ransacked by the regime backed mobs in Iran.

Turkish President also said those who remained silent about the deaths of people in Syria’s civil war were causing an uproar over the execution of one person in Saudi Arabia, apparently referring to Iran though he did not name names.

“You are giving your support [to the Syrian regime] either implicitly or openly. You are giving financial and weapons support to the murderer [President Bashar] Assad,” Erdogan said. “The Saudi Arabian embassy [in Iran] was hit with rocket launchers. Its embassy in Iraq was also vandalized. This is not acceptable in terms of international relations.”

Djibouti cut diplomatic relations with Iran in response to the storming of the Saudi embassy. The tiny Horn of Africa nation joins Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan in entirely severing relations with Shia Muslim Iran.
“Djibouti cut its diplomatic ties with Iran out of solidarity with Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf told Reuters news agency in a text message.

Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait have recalled their envoys to Iran.
Meanwhile, Jordan summoned Iran’s ambassador in Amman on Wednesday to condemn the embassy attack, and “Iranian interference” in Arab affairs, according to Jordanian state news agency Petra.
Iranian regime mobs stormed the Saudi embassy and other diplomatic posts early Sunday. Since the attacks, Iran says it has made arrests and has criticized the violent protesters.