Another Middle East nation has taken action against Iran over its conflict with Saudi Arabia
REUTERS/TIMA/Mehdi Ghasemi/ISNAFlames rise from Saudi Arabia's embassy during a demonstration in Tehran January 2, 2016.
Kuwait says it has recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic, AP reports.
Kuwait's announcement, which was carried on the state-run Kuwait News Agency on Tuesday, did not elaborate or say how the Kuwait-Iran diplomatic ties would be affected.
The move comes after Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties to Iran over the storming of two diplomatic posts in the country following the kingdom's execution of a top Shiite cleric who was also an opposition figure.
Several Saudi allies followed the kingdom's lead and on Monday scaled back or cut diplomatic ties to Iran.
Bahrain has also severed diplomatic ties with Iran while the United Arab Emirates announced it was “downgrading” its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"In response to the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad ... the government of Sudan announces the immediate severing of ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran," a Foreign Ministry statement said, according to Reuters.
The crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran was caused after protestors in the Iranian capital of Tehran ransacked the Saudi embassy following the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others over the weekend.
Iran is a majority Shiite country while Saudi Arabia has a largely Sunni population.
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