2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran
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The 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran was a mob action on 2 January 2016 by protesters against the execution of a prominent Saudi Arabian Shi'a cleric. Mobs stormed the embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in Mashhad and ransacked them. The embassy building was set on fire with Molotov cocktails and petrol bombs. During the attacks, the police arrived and dispersed protesters from the embassy premises and extinguished the fire.[5]
2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran | |||
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Date | 2–3 January 2016 | ||
Location | 35°48′05″N 51°28′32″E (Tehran) 36°19′07″N 59°32′56″E (Mashhad) | ||
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Methods | Demonstrations and rioting | ||
Resulted in | Embassy in Tehran arsoned and destroyed
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Death(s) | None | ||
Arrested | ~100 protesters (as of 24 January 2016)[1] |
The attacks were later condemned by Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.[6][7] On 24 January, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i announced that around 100 people involved in the attack are in custody by the authorities.[8]