Iranians storm and set ablaze Saudi embassy in Tehran

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Channel: silvan500 · 2016 · Education

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Iranian Protesters Attack Saudi Embassy After Prominent Shiite Cleric Executed.

Angry Iranian protesters stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran in the early hours of Sunday, smashing furniture and starting fires before being removed by the police.

The protesters had gathered outside the embassy to protest against Saudi Arabia's execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent cleric from the kingdom's Shi'ite minority, on terrorism charges that Iran said were unjustified.

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Demonstranten greifen saudische Botschaft in Teheran an.
Die saudische Botschaft in Teheran ist von Demonstranten attackiert worden. Augenzeugen zufolge gingen Teile des Gebäudes in Flammen auf. Damit reagierten die Angreifer auf die Hinrichtung eines schiitischen Geistlichen in Saudi Arabien.

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