Iran is set to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following a seven-year closure, a diplomatic source told AFP, sealing a Chinese-brokered rapprochement deal announced in March, APA reports.
Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016, after its embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Mashhad were attacked during protests over Riyadh's execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Iran's diplomatic mission, which was expelled by Saudi authorities, will return under the leadership of Alireza Enayati, who previously served as Iran's ambassador to Kuwait.
"The opening of the Iranian embassy will take place Tuesday at 6:00 pm local time (1500 GMT) with the presence of the newly appointed Iranian ambassador" to Saudi Arabia, a diplomatic source in Riyadh told AFP on Monday.
Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm when it will reopen its embassy in Tehran or its pick for ambassador.
Iranian media had named Enayati as the Islamic republic's Saudi envoy last month.
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