Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tehran

Iraq's foreign minister said he had carried messages between Iran and Saudi Arabia in a continuing attempt to curb a feud involving its two neighbors, Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported on Jan. 14. 

Ankara has called for calm and voiced opposition to recent executions, as tension between Iran and its Sunni Arab neighbors reached new heights, with Saudi Arabia and its allies cutting or downgrading diplomatic ties with Tehran following Riyadh's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. 

Tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Middle East have flared once again following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia.

Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran in the early hours of Jan. 3 and Shiite Muslim Iran's top leader predicted "divine vengeance" for Saudi Arabia's execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.