Saudi Arabia has announced that it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday's attack of its embassy in Tehran during protests.
Adel al-, Saudi foreign minister, made the announcement on Sunday as the foreign ministry announced that it would ask the Iranian diplomatic mission to leave the kingdom within 48 hours.
The Saudi foreign ministry has also announced that the staff of its diplomatic mission have been evacuated, and are now on their way back to Saudi.
At the press conference, al-Jubeir also said that during the violent protest in Tehran on Saturday, Saudi's diplomatic representative asked for help from the Iranian Foreign ministry, but their requests were disregarded three times.
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