During a Monday meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Riyadh Hossein Sadeqi, Saud al-Faisal said the countrys judiciary would investigate the case in the quickest time possible, adding that two sex offenders will face a severe punishment.
He said Saudi Arabia attaches special significance to its relations with the Islamic Republic, adding that Riyadh seeks to open a new chapter in bilateral ties with Tehran.
The Iranian ambassador, for his part, said the Jeddah airport incident has hurt the Iranian publics feelings, calling on the Saudi government to take a serious and decisive measure against the perpetrators of the sexual harassment.
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Iranians gather in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran on April 11, 2015, to protest the sexual abuse of two teenage Iranian pilgrims by Saudi officers at Jeddah airport.[/caption]While performing body search on passengers at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi officers reportedly took two Iranian teenagers, aged 14 and 15, away, citing suspicion. The officers, who had sounded off the alarm at the gate, subjected the teenagers to indecent acts.
Following the incident, Iran summoned the Saudi charg daffaires and submitted a note of complaint to the Saudi government.
Saudi Arabia says it has arrested the two officers who sexually harassed the teenagers.
Touching upon Riyadhs ongoing military aggression against Yemen, Sadeqi said Tehran believes the continuation of war and bloodshed in the Arabian Peninsula state does not serve the interests of the Middle East region and the Islamic countries.
Only the foreign powers and the ill-wishers of the Muslim world will benefit from the growing rifts among the Islamic countries, he added.
Sadeqi also called for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen and the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the violence-wracked country.
Saudi Arabias air campaign against the Ansarullah revolutionaries of the Houthi movement started on March 26, without a United Nations mandate, in a bid to restore power to the countrys fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
According to reports, close to 2,600 people, including women and children, have lost their lives in the attacks.
By Press TV
