Rival Iran expresses condolences on Saudi King's death
Tasnim agency/ Jan 23 (Reuters) - Shi'ite-dominated Iran expressed condolences on Friday over the death of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Relations between Tehran and Riyadh have been tense ever since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution brought to power Shi'ite clerics opposed to the conservative Sunni Muslim kingdom. "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will attend the late king's funeral ceremony in Riyadh," Tasnim quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham as ...
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