Iran's top leader on Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia that his country will take "harsh" measures if the kingdom fails to promptly repatriate bodies of the Iranian pilgrims killed in the disaster at the hajj pilgrimage last week. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's warning came as the Shiite powerhouse summoned Riyadh's envoy to Tehran for the fourth time since last Thursday's deadly crush to protest what it called the kingdom's "mishandling" of the incident. The developments reflect Iran's intentions to keep up pressure on Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the stampede....
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