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        "id": 1629771,
        "msgid": "saudi-arabia-expels-five-iranian-embassy-staff-within-24-hours-1774180274",
        "date": "2026-03-22 17:45:57",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia expels five Iranian Embassy staff within 24 hours",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Saudi Arabia has declared five staff members from the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh, including the military attach\u00e9, as persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within 24 hours following attacks on the kingdom. This action comes amid escalating tensions in the region, with Qatar having expelled an Iranian military attach\u00e9 earlier in the week. The expulsions follow a series of joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, which killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and prompted Iranian retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israel and US assets in the Middle East.",
        "content": "<p>Doha (ANTARA) - Saudi Arabia has declared five employees of the\nIranian Embassy in Riyadh, including the military attach\u00e9, as persona\nnon grata, according to a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign\nAffairs released on Saturday (21\/3). Saudi Arabia has also ordered them\nto leave the country\u2019s territory within 24 hours, following attacks on\nthe kingdom\u2019s territory. \u201cThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has notified the\nIranian military attach\u00e9, his assistant, and three other diplomatic\nmission employees to leave the kingdom\u2019s territory within 24 hours and\ndeclared them persona non grata,\u201d the statement read. Earlier this week,\nQatar also expelled an employee from the Iranian military attach\u00e9\u2019s\noffice on charges of violating the principles of good neighbourly\nrelations. On 28 February, Israel and the US launched joint attacks on\nTeheran and several other cities in Iran. As a result of the joint\nattacks, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader at the time, Ali Khamenei, along with\nseveral senior military commanders and thousands of civilians, were\nkilled. Iran retaliated by launching waves of missile and drone attacks\ntargeting Israel and US bases and assets in the Middle East as a form of\nself-defence.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/saudi-arabia-expels-five-iranian-embassy-staff-within-24-hours-1774180274",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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