Morocco cuts ties with Iran over Sahara weapons dispute

(2 May 2018) Morocco severed relations with Iran on Tuesday, accusing the Mideast country of providing funds, training and weapons to Polisario Front independence fighters in the disputed Western Sahara. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said he spoke with his Iranian counterpart to officially end ties between the two countries. Morocco's ambassador has already departed Tehran, while the Iranian Embassy in Morocco will be closed "immediately," Bourita told reporters in Rabat on Tuesday

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