More than 200 Iranian lawmakers issued a joint statement on Wednesday criticizing what they called Saudi Arabia's "role" in suppressing protests in Bahrain and Yemen, the parliament's website reported.
More than 200 Iranian lawmakers issued a joint statement on Wednesday
criticizing what they called
Saudi
Arabia
's "role" in suppressing
protests in
Bahrain
and
Yemen
, the
parliament's website reported.
"The killing of innocent people in these two countries, in light of
Saudi
Arabia
's role, shows the weakness of
the governments," in
Manama
and
San'a, said the statement signed by 210 MPs of the 290-seat parliament.
The statement called on the United Nations to send a delegation and investigate
the human rights situation and to "stop Saudi
Arabia
's
interference in the internal affairs" of the two countries.
The lawmakers also denounced "the West's silence" in the face of
"savage suppression."
Iran
has
vocally supported most uprisings in the Arab world, with the exception of the
revolt in its regional ally
Syria
,
where it backs the regime of President Bashar al-Assad while advocating
reforms.
Tensions between
Iran
and
Saudi
Arabia
rose sharply in March when
Saudi troops intervened in
Bahrain
to
help the Gulf kingdom's Sunni ruling family suppress month-long protests led by
its Shiite majority community.
The Saudi intervention triggered angry protests from
Tehran
, also
heightening tensions with other Gulf monarchies.
Iran
has
also slammed the Riyadh-backed crackdown on protesters in
Yemen
.
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