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Iranian protesters hold posters of late Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr during a demonstration near the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran. The Saudis executed the cleric Saturday. (Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh, European Pressphoto Agency) |
The bitter faceoff between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the Saudis' execution of an Iranian-aligned cleric is the latest flash point in a long-simmering conflict between two Middle East powers, and it threatens to add more turmoil to an already unstable region.
Source: USA Today
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