Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran Saturday after Riyadh’s execution of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh al-Nimr.
The angry Shiite protesters ransacked and demolished the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
Video shows protesters inside Saudi embassy in Tehran pic.twitter.com/DEmsNLI6ZG
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
It's 23:50 here in Tehran, seems protest agnst Nimr execution continues outside Saudi embassy in Tehran right now pic.twitter.com/5LLj89FhYn
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
On Saturday night the protesters torched the embassy with Molotov cocktails.
Here’s more video from Tehran via Russia Today:
On Monday, a rocket struck the new Saudi embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
New Saudi embassy in #Baghdad struck by rocket after #SheikhNimr's execution
Full video: https://t.co/EadJnemOOW https://t.co/7XkH8k6GZS
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) January 3, 2016
Shiite rioters broke into the Saudi embassy in Baghdad.
Shiite rioters reportedly break into Saudi embassy in Baghdad https://t.co/zbx0seN17s; https://t.co/EnG7ghRfel pic.twitter.com/nwAwvx6lxE
— Oren Kessler (@OrenKessler) January 4, 2016