The move came hours after the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that prominent Shiite leader Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other men were executed on terror charges.
The police were trying to drive some of the protesters out of the embassy after they broke into the compound, semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
Tehran Police Chief, Sardar Sajedinia, said that the police have arrested some of those angry mobs who had "illegally" ransacked the embassy, according to Tasnim news agency.
"Unfortunately, some (who gathered before the embassy) throw stones and Molotov cocktails at the embassy which caused fire to the building," Sajedinia was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, another group of protesters set parts of the Saudi consulate on fire in Iran's northeastern religious city of Mashhad on Saturday evening, Tabnak news website reported.
The protesters gathered in front of the Saudi consulate and chanted slogans against the Arab state's authorities, according to the report.
They pulled down the flag of Saudi Arabia from the building of the consulate and threw handmade crackers which caused fire in part of the building, it said.
In an announcement, Iran's Foreign Ministry urged the police to protect the diplomatic compounds of Saudi Arabia in the country.
Earlier in the day, Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Saudi Arabian charge d'affaires to Tehran and strongly condemned the execution of Nimr al-Nimr.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian conveyed the strong protest of the Islamic republic to the Saudi envoy, Ahmed al-Muwallid, over what he called the "irresponsible behavior" of the Saudi officials in this regard, the state TV reported.
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Saudi Arabia will face "divine revenge" for its execution of a prominent Shia cleric, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned...
ReplyDeleteAyatollah Khamenei described Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a "martyr" who acted peacefully.
Protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran late on Saturday, setting fire to the building before being driven back by police.
Several hundred people gathered outside the building again on Sunday afternoon.
The authorities have changed the name of the street on which the Saudi embassy stands, naming it after the executed Sheikh Nimr, one of 47 people executed for terrorism offences on Saturday.
But Ayatollah Khamenei said the cleric had been executed for his opposition to Saudi Arabia's Sunni rulers.
"This oppressed scholar had neither invited people to armed movement, nor was involved in covert plots," the ayatollah tweeted........http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35216694
Plus d'un millier de personnes ont manifesté dans deux lieux de Téhéran dimanche après-midi pour protester contre l'exécution du dignitaire chiite saoudien Nimr Baqer al-Nimr, ont constaté des journalistes de l'AFP...
ReplyDeleteUn millier de manifestants s'est rassemblé à proximité de l'ambassade de l'Arabie Saoudite, malgré l'interdiction du gouvernement pour éviter de nouveaux dérapages après l'attaque lancée dans la nuit contre ce bâtiment qui a été en partie incendié.
Les forces anti-émeutes présentes en nombre ont empêché les manifestants de s'approcher de la représentation diplomatique saoudienne.....rtbf.be