KABUL: (MEP) Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks at the start of his course to clerics at the post-jurisprudence level in Tehran on Sunday, stressing the need for the entire world to act responsibly in the face of this and other crimes committed by the Saudi regime in Yemen and Bahrain.
The Leader added, without a doubt, the unlawfully shed blood of this innocent martyr will have a rapid effect and the divine vengeance will be fallen Saudi politicians.
Describing the execution of Sheikh Nimr as a “political mistake” made by the Saudi government, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that, the Almighty God will not remain indifferent to innocent blood and [this] unrightfully shed blood will rapidly afflict the politicians and executives of his [Saudi] regime.
