Iran says Saudi Arabia to pay 'high price' for executing cleric

Iran says Saudi Arabia to pay 'high price' for executing cleric https://t.co/UPb53aTgbW

— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 2, 2016

Saudi Arabia will pay "a high price" for executing prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said.

"The Saudi government supports terrorist movements and extremists, but confronts domestic critics with oppression and execution... the Saudi government will pay a high price for following these policies," Ansari said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

#Saudi Armored Vehicles Heading To Restive #Qatif City After The Execution Of Prominent Cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. pic.twitter.com/d5ZgW3gzYX

— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) January 2, 2016