[AP] Alfred de Montesquiou - Morocco cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Friday, accusing Tehran of trying to spread Shia Islam in this Sunni Arab kingdom. Morocco's Foreign Ministry accused Iran's Embassy in Rabat of trying to "alter the religious fundamentals of the kingdom" and threaten Morocco's religious unity. The Moroccan press has repeatedly accused the Iranian Embassy of proselytism in recent years.
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