Kuwait also recalled its ambassador to Iran on Tuesday, state news agency Kuna reported, after Gulf Arab allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed relations with Tehran following attacks on Saudi missions by Iranian protesters. "An official source at the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry said that the ministry recalled the ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Islamic Republic of Iran on Tuesday morning Jan 05, 2016, against the backdrop of the attacks carried out by crowds of demonstrators," the agency reported. The protests followed Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr.Meanwhile, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of Gulf Arab states announced on Tuesday it will hold an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh on Saturday to discuss tensions with Iran after attacks on Saudi missions there. Saudi-Iranian tensions threaten to derail efforts to end Syria ́s five-year-old civil war. They also cast doubts over chances for a peaceful solution in Yemen, where a Saudi-led military coalition has been bombing the Iran-allied Houthi movement for nine months. "Foreign ministers of the GCC States will hold an extraordinary meeting in Riyadh on Saturday to discuss the repercussions of the attack on the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in the Iranian city of Mashhad," GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said in an emailed statement. Earlier, Saudi Arabia said it would restore ties with Iran when Tehran stopped meddling in the affairs of other countries and pledged that Riyadh would continue to work "very hard" to support bids for peace in Syria and Yemen despite the spat. When asked what it would take for ties to be restored, Saudi UN Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi told reporters: "Very simple - Iran to cease and desist from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, including our own."He added, "If they do so, we will of course have normal relations with Iran. We are not natural-born enemies of Iran."
