Hillary Clinton says Saudi Arabian executions raise 'serious questions'
- 8 years ago
Hillary Clinton said Sunday Saudi Arabia's recent execution of 47 people, including Shia Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr raises "serious questions" that the U.S. needs to ask the country's government.
"Clearly this raises serious questions that we have to raise directly with the Saudi government," Clinton said in response to a Derry town hall question about how she would handle the situation as president.
The executions set off a series of condemnations from Shia Muslims, particularly those in predominantly Shia Iran, where protestors threw Molotov cocktails into the Saudi embassy in Tehran and looted the officers.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been outspoken about al-Nimr's execution, tweeting Sunday that "Divine revenge will seize Saudi politicians" for the "unfairly spilled blood of oppressed martyr #SheikhNimr."
"Clearly this raises serious questions that we have to raise directly with the Saudi government," Clinton said in response to a Derry town hall question about how she would handle the situation as president.
The executions set off a series of condemnations from Shia Muslims, particularly those in predominantly Shia Iran, where protestors threw Molotov cocktails into the Saudi embassy in Tehran and looted the officers.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been outspoken about al-Nimr's execution, tweeting Sunday that "Divine revenge will seize Saudi politicians" for the "unfairly spilled blood of oppressed martyr #SheikhNimr."