Shiite Muslims across the Gulf region have reacted with disgust and condemnation after Saudi Arabia executed a leading Shiite cleric, Sheikh Al-Nimr,on terror charges Saturday. He was one of the 47 people who were put to death.
Saudi Arabia's embassy in Beirut has increased security in the wake of the attack on the country's embassy in Tehran, the Kuwaiti daily al-Jarida reported. The staffof the Beirut embassy were told to stay inside the compound as angry demonstrations protesting Saudi Arabia’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr started in the Lebanese capital.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has repeated his condemnation of Saudi Arabia for executing Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, saying Saudi politicians will face “divine vengeance.”"The unjustly spilled blood of this oppressed martyr will no doubt soon show its effect and divine vengeance will befall Saudi politicians," Iranian state TV reported Khamenei sayings.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement early on Sunday calling for calm and asking protesters to respect the property of diplomatic premises, the Entekhab news website reported.
A ministry’s spokesman, Hossein Jaber Ansari, also said there should be no further demonstrations around the Saudi embassy, according to the state news agency IRNA.
Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports by local journalists have said that the Saudi Arabia’s embassy staff will be evacuated out of Iran tonight.
Police used tear gas in Tehran after a crowd of angry protesters broke into the Saudi embassy, ravaging its offices and throwing Molotov cocktails at the building. The mayhem broke out at a rally set off by Riyadh’s execution of Sheikh Al-Nimr.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the Saudi Al Saud ruling family that their decision to execute a prominent Shiite cleric will result in a backlash.“A harsh revenge will strike the Al Saud in the near future and cause the fall of this pro-terrorist, anti-Islamic regime,”the Guards said in a statement cited by Mehr news agency.
Saudi Arabia summoned the Iranian ambassador in Riyadh over Iran’s "hostile" remarks on executions, according to the state news agency SPA. The ministry expressed “astonishment and its utter rejection of these hostile statements, which it deemed a blatant intervention in the kingdom's affairs."
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