Iran and Saudi Arabia – level 1

07-01-2016 07:00

This news is about Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Iran.

People in Iran protest. They attack the embassy. The diplomats must leave Iran.

Saudi Arabia is not happy. It does not want Iranian diplomats. The diplomats must leave Saudi Arabia.

The situation between Saudi Arabia and Iran is not good. Saudi Arabia kills 47 people. One of them is an Iranian cleric. Iran is not happy about this. The situation is not getting better.

Difficult words: embassy (a place for diplomats), diplomat (a person who represents his or her country in another country), cleric (a religious leader; a man of God).

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