Saudi ‘blames Iran for unrest’

Saudi Arabia has said clashes on Monday night that injured 14 people in its oil-rich Eastern province, home to a large Shia population, were the work of an unnamed foreign power, a phrase which is usually code for its regional rival, Iran.

“A group of troublemakers … assembled … some on motorbikes and carrying petrol bombs as they began their actions to disrupt security at the behest of a foreign country which tried to undermine the security of the homeland in a blatant act of interference,” an interior ministry statement said.