TEHRAN - Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has decried Saudi Arabia’s “irrational” conduct that “only undermines the Islamic world”, stressing that Iran’s prudent self-restraint does not mean the country’s patience is limitless.

“The Saudis should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s behavior toward them comes with dignity and prudence, but such dignity, prudence and silence (over Saudi provocations) does not mean that they can do everything,” Amoli Larijani said on Monday, according to Tasnim.

“Islamic Republic of Iran’s patience has limits,” he stressed.

Amoli Larijani then deplored Riyadh’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran as being inconsistent with the international norms, slamming the move as an “irrational and imprudent reaction.”

He said the Saudi officials used an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran as an excuse to make a fuss about Iran in international circles, although Iranian officials condemned the attack.

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