Iran has decided to temporarily suspend its secret Baghdad-brokered talks aimed at defusing yearslong tensions with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Iranian state-linked media reported Sunday, a day after Saudi Arabia carried out its largest known mass execution in its modern history.
Halt comes after Riyadh put 81 people to death over various crimes, in largest known public killing in kingdom's modern history, with over three dozen said to be Shiites
Iran condemned Saudi Arabia's mass execution of convicted criminals on Saturday and ended talks aimed at easing tensions between the rivals, according to a website connected to Iran's top security body.&