Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called for “transparency” in the upcoming trial of 48 suspects who stormed Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January.
Rouhani said on Tuesday that Iranian people are looking to see how the country’s judiciary will handle the case of those who ransacked the missions.
He also reiterated his earlier remarks that the attack went against Iranian laws. The trial is due next week.
The comments clearly seek to draw attention to the case and could reflect Rouhani’s attempts for rapprochement with Saudi Arabia.
Iranian mobs attacked the Saudi missions after the kingdom executed a prominent Saudi Shiite man who had been convicted of the crime of sedition and terrorism.
The attacks prompted the kingdom to sever diplomatic ties with Iran and a number of Gulf states and Saudi allies also did the same in solidarity with the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members have accused Iran of interfering in regional affairs, notably in Yemen where it is backing Houthi militias, in Syria where it is supporting the murderous regime of Bashar Assad, the Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon, and in Iraq and Bahrain.

Source: Arab News