Calm down Mideast feud

The escalation in tensions between two Middle East powers has put the region under severe strain.

The surging feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran was sparked by the former's conviction and execution of 47 individuals, including the prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, on terrorism charges. Angry Iranian protesters then raided and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Teheran on Saturday. Saudi Arabia has responded by cutting its diplomatic ties with Iran.

With the Middle East already afflicted with too many woes - the civil war in Syria, social unrest in Libya and the rampancy of the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, the region obviously cannot afford to have a new source of tension.