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Saudis would release Sheikh al-Nimr if Tariq al-Hashimi exonerated

protest-for-the-release-of-saudi-shia-cleric-nemr-al-nemr1Saudi officials has said they will release Sheikh al-Nimr if Tareq al-Hashimi is pardoned.
The website for Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council reported that Saudis informed them through a Turkish intermediary that they would release Sheikh Nimr if Tareq al-Hashimi, former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, who has escaped, were exonerated from his accusations.

The Turkish intermediary informed the Iraqi officials. Saudi Arabia has intensified pressures on Shiite activists.

Tareq al-Hashimi has a record of supporting terrorist groups inside Iraq.

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