In response to the execution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimr_al-Nimr" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nimr al-Nimr">Nimr al-Nimr</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> ends its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Saudi_Arabia_relations" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia relations">diplomatic relations</a> with Saudi Arabia.<sup about="#mwt255" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-49"}}' id="cite_ref-49" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_3#cite_note-49" id="mwAXw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 49;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAX0">[49]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-49"><cite about="#mwt252" class="citation web cs1" id="mwClI"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35217328" id="mwClM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran after al-Nimr execution"</a>. <i id="mwClQ">BBC</i>. 4 January 2016. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160103212048/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35217328" id="mwClU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 3 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwClY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwClc">2 January</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt252" class="Z3988" id="mwClg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC&amp;rft.atitle=Saudi+Arabia+breaks+off+ties+with+Iran+after+al-Nimr+execution&amp;rft.date=2016-01-04&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-middle-east-35217328&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+3"></span></span>