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Saud al-Faisal lied about Iranians executed in Saudi Arabia: official
TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) A top Iranian diplomat announced on Wednesday that Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal had lied to his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi about Iranian prisoners who were executed in the country.
Recently it was announced that Saudi Arabia had executed 18 Iranian prisoners for alleged drug trafficking after five years in captivity.
Saud al-Faisal lied to Dr. Salehi (since) it became known later that the same day that he had promised the Iranian foreign minister that the execution of these people would be postponed, a group of them were executed, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters in Qom.
He said it has been unprecedented over the last four decades that an Iranian national be executed in a Persian Gulf Arab country.
The Foreign Ministry official said the Iranians were executed in groups of 8 and 10 in Saudi Arabia.
The deputy foreign minister called the execution of nationals a politically motivated move and said one group of the prisoners were executed on April 14 that Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) met for nuclear talks in Istanbul and the other group on May 23 that Iran the major powers met in Baghdad.
On April 22 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Parliamentary and Consular Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced that Saudi Arabia has put on hold the execution of eight Iranian nationals in the city of Dammam.
Amir-Abdollahian also said the allegation against these people for drug trafficking has not been proven to Iran.
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TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) A top Iranian diplomat announced on Wednesday that Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal had lied to his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi about Iranian prisoners who were executed in the country.
Recently it was announced that Saudi Arabia had executed 18 Iranian prisoners for alleged drug trafficking after five years in captivity.
Saud al-Faisal lied to Dr. Salehi (since) it became known later that the same day that he had promised the Iranian foreign minister that the execution of these people would be postponed, a group of them were executed, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters in Qom.
He said it has been unprecedented over the last four decades that an Iranian national be executed in a Persian Gulf Arab country.
The Foreign Ministry official said the Iranians were executed in groups of 8 and 10 in Saudi Arabia.
The deputy foreign minister called the execution of nationals a politically motivated move and said one group of the prisoners were executed on April 14 that Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) met for nuclear talks in Istanbul and the other group on May 23 that Iran the major powers met in Baghdad.
On April 22 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Parliamentary and Consular Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced that Saudi Arabia has put on hold the execution of eight Iranian nationals in the city of Dammam.
Amir-Abdollahian also said the allegation against these people for drug trafficking has not been proven to Iran.
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