Iranian diplomats have left Saudi Arabia after the kingdom severed all ties with Tehran following attacks on its mission in the Islamic republic, Saudi state media said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Qatar on Wednesday joined Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to recall its ambassador to Iran.
The staff of the Iranian embassy in Riyadh and those of the consulate in Jeddah left “on board a private Iranian plane,” state news agency SPA reported. Iran’s official state broadcaster IRIB said the diplomats have arrived in Tehran, showing pictures of their plane after it landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.
It said the plane carried 54 Iranian diplomats and their families, who were welcomed by one of Iran’s Deputy Foreign Ministers.