Saudi Arabia says it has executed six Iranian men over drug smuggling, sparking strong objections from Iran at a time when the two countries are trying to mend relations.

The Ministry of the Interior of Saudi Arabia announced that six Iranian citizens were executed in the city of Dammam for drug trafficking. The Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday, January 1 reported that these individuals had been convicted of drug trafficking.

Saudi Arabia has put six Iranians to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry said Wednesday, after a year in which it carried out a record number of executions, according to an AFP tally of official reports.

More than 150 people were executed for non-lethal crimes this year, according to the tally, which human rights groups say is contrary to international law.

Saudi Arabia executed six Iranian nationals for drug smuggling, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, prompting Tehran to summon the Saudi ambassador. The Saudi interior ministry

An Egyptian national, Ahmed Fuwad Al Sayed Al Luwaisi, was executed in Saudi Arabia for the 2021 murder of Kottakkal native Nambiyadath Kunhalavi. Kun

The Saudi Arabian Government on Wednesday executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking. The Ministry of Interior in a statement, said the Iranians were put to death in Dammam, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast,

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia had executed six Iranians sentenced for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Jan 1.

Tensions resurface in the Middle East as Iran summons Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in a heated diplomatic protest. Accusations of violations and unresolved grievances hint at cracks in their fragile reconciliation.

Amid a fragile diplomatic thaw, Saudi Arabia's execution of six Iranians for drug smuggling has sent shockwaves through the region.