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Shiite leaders are up in arms over Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr on terror charges. A senior Iranian Ayatollah called it a “crime,” while Tehran's Foreign Ministry accused Riyadh of supporting terrorists. "The Saudi government supports terrorists and takfiri [radical Sunni] extremists, while executing and suppressing critics inside the country," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. According to a lawmaker from Iraq's ruling Shiite coalition, Saudi Arabia's execution of al-Nimr was intended to fuel Sunni-Shiite strife and "set the region on fire." "This measure taken by the ruling family [of Saudi Arabia] aims at reigniting the region, provoking sectarian fighting between Sunnis and Shiites," Mohammed al-Sayhud told al-Sumaria TV. Prominent Iraqis have called on the government in Baghdad on Saturday to cut ties with Riyadh over Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr'

Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people for terrorism, including the prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. His execution has stirred particular outrage among the kingdom's critics, saying the cleric's death aims to “set the region on fire.” Most of those executed were said to be involved in a series of attacks carried out by Al Qaeda between 2003 and 2006. Iran has warned that executing al-Nimr "would cost Saudi Arabia dearly," Reuters reported. A prominent state-affiliated Iranian cleric, Ahmad Khatami, said the execution of Nimr al-Nimr was something to be expected from “criminal” Saudi Arabia, Iranian Fars agency reported. He added that Saudi ruling family would be “wiped from the pages of history” for executing the cleric, Mehr reported. An MP from the ruling Shi'ite coalition in Iraq said Nimr's execution aimed to “set region on fire,” Sumaria TV reported. The Lebanese Supreme Shi'ite Council has conde