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| Saudi Bows to Iranian Demands following Leader's Warning of Fierce Response |
| 2015-10-02 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Saudi health minister said that his country will repatriate Iranian pilgrims killed in last week's Hajj stampede, Saudi state media said, after Tehran threatened a "fierce" response over delays. Tehran has accused Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... of hindering its efforts to bring home the bodies of at least 239 Iranians who died in last week's tragedy near the Moslem holy city of Mecca. Another 241 people, including senior Iranian diplomat and former ambassador to Leb, are among the Iranians still listed as missing six days after the deadly crush. "The two parties have agreed on the repatriation of the bodies of identified dead Iranians as soon as possible," Saudi's SPA state news agency reported early Thursday following talks with the Iranian delegation in Jeddah. The two sides will also "maintain contacts to identify the rest and look after the maimed," SPA added under the agreement struck between Saudi health minister Khaled al-Falih and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Hashemi. It said the Saudi minister "stressed the kingdom's government's wish to cooperate with the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran," amid clear fears of Iran's retaliation. Supreme Fearless Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...Iran's doddering head theocrat... Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia's situation 'will not be good' if Iran reacts to Saudis' mistreatment regarding Mina stampede. Tehran said last week that Saudi authorities have failed to issue visas for Iranian officials who sought to travel to the kingdom to facilitate the repatriation of the dead and the injured. "Saudi officials are failing to do their duties," Ayatollah Khamenei said in a speech to graduating navy officers, following delays in the return of the hajj dead, accusing some of the officials of "slyness". "They should know that the slightest disrespect towards tens of thousands of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca and Medina and not fulfilling their obligation to transfer holy bodies will have Iran's tough and fierce reaction," his eminence reiterated. |
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| #1 It's still summer And we're runnin Outa ice. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-10-02 20:25 |