The vice-president for legal affairs has said that Iran is not empty-handed to sue the Saudi government for failure to honor the international responsibility envisaged by the International Law Commission in 2001.
Two painful incidents took place in Mecca this year which left a lot of pilgrims from several Islamic countries dead and hurt sentiments of Muslims, Rafsanjani said.
Foreign Minister Zarif has exchanged views with the Algerian and Syrian top diplomats on bilateral ties as well as the latest developments in the Middle East.
Determining the fate of the missing people and the transportation of “every single body” is a priority for Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian said.
Saudi Arabia needs to take steps toward locating the missing people and treating the injured pilgrims, an Iranian Foreign Ministry official told the Saudi diplomat.
The secretary of the Expediency Council has said that the past behavior of the Saudis toward Iran suggests that they are seeking to undermine Iran’s regional power.
Afkham has dismissed as unconstructive Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir's allegations that Iran is exploiting the Mina tragedy for political gains.
The Mina crush and its circumstances are suspicious because some of senior Iranian officials have been killed or gone missing in the incident, Ali Akbar Velayati said.
Asked about Riyadh’s possible decision to bury the dead in the Arab country, Nobakht said that the Saudis cannot do that without the official procedures or permission from the victims’ families.
Saudi officials are expected to consider serious cooperation and pay attention to their responsibility until the fate of all missing Iranian pilgrims is determined, said Amir Abdollahian.
President Rouhani has called on Riyadh to meet its international obligations and grant access for identification and return of bodies of those who were killed in the Mina tragedy.
Iran will adopt “necessary measures” to prevent the repeat of incidents such as the Mina tragedy, Foreign Minister Zarif said in a live interview with IRIB.
The MPS also called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia to investigate the causes of the Mina tragedy.
Shamkhani said the Mina catastrophe was definitely due to the inefficiency of the Saudi government whose top priority was not the safety of the pilgrims.
Differences and hostilities between Iran and the US will not definitely be solved overnight, and time, prudence, and constructive measures are required, said President Rouhani.
