Pakistan, Iraq offered to mediate between Saudis, Iran

Pakistan and Iraq have become the latest countries calling for calm between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as tensions between the two countries have escalated following Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shi'ite cleric and the subsequent attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran.

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Several Middle Eastern and Gulf countries have already taken sides in the dispute, leading to growing concerns from the United States and others.