Tehran ransacked the embassy of Saudi Arabia – RBC

The protesters residents of Tehran at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia

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The fact that the residents of the Iranian capital broke into the building of the Saudi embassy and set it on fire, reported by users of social networks. Some photographs show that the embassy building on fire. Other pictures – the room inside the embassy building and broken furniture.

According to the Iranian news agency ISNA, the police managed to oust the protesters from the embassy, ​​but next to the building of the Saudi diplomatic mission still remains a lot of people.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a special statement in which it called on the Iranians to respect the diplomatic mission, reports Reuters.

Earlier, the Iranian Fars news agency reported that near the embassy was a big crowd of Iranian students, who chanted antisaudovskie slogans.

January 2 penalty Shiite preacher Nimrah al-Nimrah among 47 people accused Saudi authorities of involvement in terrorism, it has provoked a wave of protests in the countries of the region (most of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran).

The Iranian Majlis called on the Foreign Ministry to reduce the level of diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has sent a formal protest over the actions of Riyadh. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s elite military unit, said that the ruling Saudi dynasty Saud paid for the execution of Nimrah al-Nimrah.

In Tehran, defeated the Saudi embassy in Tehran
defeated Saudi embassy. A crowd of students took it by storm and set fire to. It was a response to the execution of a prominent Saudi Shia sheikh al-Nimrah Nimrah. No injuries were reported.

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Saudi Arabia in response to the protests has caused to the Foreign Ministry of the Iranian ambassador. He handed over a note of protest and declared that they considered the Iranian reaction to the decision of the Saudi judicial authorities “aggressive” behavior and Tehran regard as “gross interference” in the internal affairs of the country. Iranian ambassador also asked to ensure the safety of the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran.

The head of EU foreign policy Federica Mogherini and US State Department spokesman John Kirby has stated that the execution of Nimrah al-Nimrah can provoke an aggravation of contradictions between Sunnis and Shiites in the Middle East.

After the execution of al-Nimrah Saudi Arabia announced the resumption of its military operations in Yemen against Shiite rebels Huthis. The Yemeni government has repeatedly stated that Huthis are supported by Iran.