Kuwait recalls its Iran envoy

Washington: Voicing its concern over Saudi Arabia’s human rights records, the US has said the recent mass execution of political and religious leaders shows that the Gulf kingdom is not doing enough to address the international community’s legitimate concerns. “Carrying out mass executions I think is a prime example of a government that is not doing enough to address the legitimate concerns that have been expressed by the international community about the human rights situation inside their own country,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said.

 

The US has raised significant concerns about the human rights environment in Saudi Arabia, he said. “The State Department put out a report detailing the long list of concerns that the US has with Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, and certainly mass executions would rate highly in that list of concerns.”

 

Meanwhile, Kuwait became the latest Gulf Arab state to recall its ambassador from Iran to protest attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic republic. It did not, however, expel Tehran’s ambassador or downgrade the level of diplomatic relationship with Iran.