{"id":2119,"date":"2016-04-18T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T02:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2016-04-18T21:51:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T02:51:41","slug":"jordan-recalls-its-ambassador-from-iran-for-consultations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2016\/04\/18\/jordan-recalls-its-ambassador-from-iran-for-consultations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan recalls its ambassador from Iran for consultations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/jordan-recalls-its-ambassador-from-iran-for-consultations\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2120\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338\" width=\"424\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032ac4b6-e60c-4221-802a-5fc8191f3dba_16x9_600x338-678x381.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a>AMMAN, Jordan \u2014 Jordan says it is recalling its ambassador to Iran for consultations, suggesting the decision is linked to continued tensions between Tehran and Jordan ally Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Government spokesman Mohammed Momani said on Monday that Jordan took the step because of what he described as Iranian interference in the &#8220;internal affairs of neighbouring countries, especially Gulf countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He did not cite a specific trigger for the decision, but suggested it was linked to the attacks on two Saudi diplomatic missions by protesters in Shiite-led Iran earlier this year. The attacks came after the execution of a prominent Shiite cleric by Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Momani said in comments published by the state news agency Petra that Iran has &#8220;not responded&#8221; to calls by Jordan and others to respect the sovereignty of Arab countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>AMMAN, Jordan \u2014 Jordan says it is recalling its ambassador to Iran for consultations, suggesting the decision is linked to continued tensions between Tehran and <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2016\/04\/18\/jordan-recalls-its-ambassador-from-iran-for-consultations\/\" title=\"Jordan recalls its ambassador from Iran for consultations\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}