Protesters Storm, Set Fire To Saudi Embassy In Iran
Earlier today, Saudi Arabia announced it had staged its largest mass execution in 25 years.
43 al-Qaeda conspirators were killed along with 4 Shiites accused of shooting policemen in the anti-government protests which broke out during the Arab Spring. Among the Shiites killed: prominent cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
His death drew sharp criticism from Iran and Hezbollah with the latter calling the execution a “grave mistake.” Here's WSJ:
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah called Mr. al-Nemer’s execution a “stain that would haunt this regime,” while former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malki, another ally of Iran, said the execution “will topple the Saudi regime.”
Arab Gulf allies of the kingdom such as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates said they supported steps taken by Saudi Arabia to “confront terrorism.”
Mr. al-Nemer was sentenced to death in October 2014 and charged with crimes including disobeying the ruler, inciting sectarian strife and bearing arms against security forces.
Mr. al-Nemer wasn’t widely known outside Qatif before 2011, when he emerged as a leading voice behind Shiite protests that rocked the oil-rich eastern part of Saudi Arabia for two years.
He was arrested after a car chase near his family’s farm in their hometown of Awwamiya in July 2012. Authorities said he opened fire at security forces. His family has denied this and said he was unarmed.
“We condemn a deplore this unjust killing and consider it an example of killing wisdom and moderation,” Mr. al-Nemer’s family said in a statement.
"The Saudi government supports terrorists and takfiri [heretic] extremists, while executing and suppressing critics inside the country," Iran's Foreign Ministry declared. These are "hostile statements," Riyadh responded, adding that Iran's comments constitute "a blatant intervention in the kingdom’s affairs.”
Protests erupted in the Qatif district of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province as well as in Bahrain, where hundreds took to the streets, burning tires and braving tear gas fired by police. As we reported earlier today, protesters had also converged on the Saudi embassy in Iran.
Now, in what looks like a repeat of the Iran Hostage Crisis, the protesters in Tehran have reportedly broken into the Saudi embassy and set it ablaze with Molotov cocktails.
"Images shared on social media early on Sunday morning appeared to show Iranian protesters breaking into Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran and starting fires, after gathering there to denounce the kingdom's execution of a Shi'ite cleric," Reuters reports. "One photograph, posted on Twitter, showed protesters outside the embassy building with small fires burning inside, while another showed a room with smashed furniture purportedly inside the building."
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
#BREAKING: Angry protesters storm Saudi embassy in Tehran
pic.twitter.com/xOX5n6QtsR
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
Protesters break into Saudi embassy building in Tehran pic.twitter.com/7wtBGpZuco
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
Police disperse protesters at Saudi embassy in Tehran
Firefighters are trying to put off fire at embassy pic.twitter.com/WWb1QCURQG
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
Saudi Arabia flag brought down at embassy in Tehran pic.twitter.com/7ptL0gV0ZF
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
Protesters in Mashhad bring down Saudi flag at consulate following al-Nimr execution pic.twitter.com/2abn4V2KgW
— Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016
VIDEO: Footage from earlier tonight of protesters throwing Molotov cocktails at Saudi embassy in Tehran - @hamid3663
pic.twitter.com/j6ATZDYEzZ
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) January 2, 2016
As a reminder, the Sheikh was a prominent voice in the anti-government movement in Saudi Arabia. Riyadh effectively killed (literally) two birds with one stone with his execution: 1) a dissident voice was forever silenced, 2) a message was sent to Tehran, whose regional influence is expanding in Iraq and Yemen and whose forces have served to shore up the Assad government in its fight against Sunni extremists in Syria.
Now, the Iranians look set to send a message back to Riyadh as the sectarian divide once again rears its ugly head.
Meanwhile, Iran's foreign ministry is calling for "calm." Here's Reuters:
Iran's Foreign Ministry called for calm in the early hours of Sunday after police dispersed angry protesters who had stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tehran.
Demonstrators broke into the embassy and started fires before being cleared away by the police, Iran's ISNA news agency reported, after gathering there to denounce the kingdom for executing a prominent Shi'ite cleric on Saturday.
The ministry issued a statement calling on protesters to respect the diplomatic premises, according to the Entekhab news website.
If this situation escalates, clearly crude oil will be well bid on Sunday afternoon.
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It's actually my religion is better than yours, everywhere you look. Coming to think of it, I feel like salt.
Protestors? I thought they were called students in Iran. Don't they teach basic International Relations in Iran? Embassies are off limits for a reason. Wonder how much Intel did not get burned in time and got recovered by the Iranian gov? Be real interesting to see the release of documents tieing SA into Syria. and more.
Distractions are needed to divert attention from the Dubai/Turkey/Iran/China gold-smuggling/heist reported earlier on ZH.
Can we send them more supplies for their cocktails to keep the new year party going
Never make nuclear treaties .... with nations .... who can't respect ....diplomatic protocols ?
You know what happens when you put a bunch of crickets in the same jar?
That is what our strategy should be in the Middle East.
Say it with pictures .... I'm a little retarded ?
Sady mental retardation is often a symptom of the policy of miscegenation- such as practised by the State of Israel.
Btw, is that you and your uncle Reubens in your profile pic?
Disclaimer: No Islamic clerics were permanently injured .... in the filming of my Avatar ?
You must not have ever fished with a cane pole and crickets. Poor child.
Crickets left too long in a jar or cricket basket will eat each other. That's why a lot of times you will see your bait shop owner put a piece of cardboard ( like from a cardboard egg container.... not styrofoam) into the jar or bag or basket so they chew on that for a while and not each other.
Man, Banzai, they eat each other alive and shit!
Oh, wait....
Let's see .... if you put butterflies in a jar .... without punching holes in the lid .... they die in 24 hours .... if you put a little twig with the flowers they were eating .... and punch holes in the lid .... they die in 23 hours ?
I'm trying to reach out to you, Banzai .... the literary world is scary .... work with me ?
Time to start arming the protestors to overthrow the Saudi government!
Oh wait, they're our best friends next to Israel. Nevermind.
I love raghead on raghead violence. Less refugees.
What difference at this point does it make .... to go after Bill Cosby .... 15 to 30 years late .... sexual predator president Bill Clinton's victims .... had swollen lips and black and blue bruises and cum stains .... oh, Hillary .... enabler in chief ?
Hillary does enable Bill in all his sex crimes. Hillary should be arrested as an accessory when they arrest Bill. I know, not holding my breath for any sort of justice for those women. The Clinton's are clearly above the law, hell they are the law. We are so screwed unless We The People stand up and say HELL NO, NO MORE!
Remember, there are more of us than them. Strength in numbers. God Help Us, the insane are running the asylum.
Someone (The 'Nimr' Tiger) has created a 'corporate hierarchy chart' for the Syrian 'rebels'. The big red box marks those forming ISIS. The red cross marks those linked to al Qaeda.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXuF09ZW8AA_Mni.jpg:large
That is one helluva tar pit.
https://twitter.com/Souria4Syrians/status/683286915005726720
Haha.
That didn't take long.
Hey, those guys look and smell just like they came from Ferguson, Mo, or Baltimore, MD!!
They going to take some folks hostage, as there are no liquor stores to loot... JUNGLE BOOGIE!!!
Wouldn't it be delicious .... if they killed all the embassy staff .... no matter .... the war is on ?
It would probably be a lot more effective to boycott the Saudi tourism trade. Saudi has 2 sources of revenue, oil and tourism.
Oil is a problem because they have chosen to push down the price and it's running at a loss already. so some commentators say.
Tourism to Mekka and Medina has so far proven to be the most reliable tourism revenue in the world. They can choose to NOT go to Mekka and Medina. Let the hadj dry up and do something productive with the money. Their prophet has set it all up for the benefit of his home towns but the choice to obey or not is always there.
Seems like there's a lot of new names in the comment section tonight
Party like its.1979!
The Muslim lunar calendar .... is pre-Copernicus .... as is the Muslim flat earth theory ?
Saudi's are
psycho'swho believe in wierd prehistoric things
If they didn't have oil nobody would want a thing to do with them.
And so it begins...
Wheeeee!
At last no more fights by proxie.
Hey Iran Guys, grab the secret cables before they can shred them! Give them to Vlad and Assad and The Iranian General guy, Soleiman (sp?)!!
Off with their heads!
Finally getting back to the good old days where they stay focussed on killing each other!
It's so strange how the friends of the US Government are always murderous regimes. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel, Shah-era Iran (which the CIA directly created) and according to the Neo Cons, Saddam's Iraq (after being "our good friend" in the 1980's). Not to mention the stellar record the US Government and its owners have with Central and South America.
Strange thing though- all the friends of the US Government seem to come to a horrifying end sooner or later.
What kind of buffoon downvotes statements of fact? Bootlicker.
It makes sense now why Erdogen is playing nice to Netanyahu.
Netanyahu? Save Erdogan? Hahahahahahaha. Do you think Netanyahu wants to have his skin burned off him?
I think Israelis manage Turkey's money.....
Dune koons and sand niggers fighting each other....what a novel concept. They have been doing that for more than a millennia.
Our own sand nigger, Obama bin Laden has purposefully made sure we are totally energy sufficient in all categories including renewable energy. If we were, they could fight each other all day long without us carrying or getting involved.
Surprised the west did not step in to try and dissuade Saudi myself because if this keeps getting hotter it is not going to take much to push it into a full scale regional conflict. Turkey upped the level to defcon 2, only a little blip left now to defcon 1.
Actually makes the cuban crisis look lame ...
If Erdogan so much as farts in the general direction of the Russians, Ankara will melt.
Wikileaks-released cable detailing US meeting with now executed cleric Nimr al-Nimr:
http://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08RIYADH1283_a.html
"1. (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with PolOff, controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr sought to distance himself from previously reported pro-Iranian and anti-American statements, instead adopting a less radical tone on topics such as the relationship between Iran and the Saudi Shi'a, and American foreign policy. Arguing that he is portrayed publicly as much more radical than the true content of his words and beliefs, the Sheikh also espoused other conciliatory ideas such as fair political decision-making over identity-based politics, the positive impact of elections, and strong "American ideals" such as liberty and justice. Despite this more moderate tone, Al-Nimr reasserted his ardent opposition to what he described as the authoritarianism of the reactionary al-Saud regime, stating he would always support "the people" in any conflict with the government. He also continued to argue for the right of the Saudi Shi'a community to seek external assistance if it were to become embroiled in a conflict. The Sheikh was also cognizant of the increased profile that his strong language has earned him, saying that his fiery words continue to attract interest from an increasing percentage of the Shi'a community, particularly young people."
This is all leading up to a full Alien disclosure that will rock the entire world......
http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2016/01/top-secret-alien-ph...
Posts like this will get you sent to the white room. its very cold there.
But well padded. -shrugs-
Karl D. needs to be sent there indefinitely
Ssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! No one is supposed to know about me being here yet. Dammit. Keep quiet!
Second time in this article comments that spambot MrNosey posted exactly same comment and exactly same absurd spam link.
Spambot go die in a fire.
I don't want to burst your bubble man, but we can't even get to the moon let alone sending anything to Mars , everything NASA puts out is fake as hell , don't believe it it's a psyop(psychological operation)
-burp- whatever
Great way to destroy evidence... protesters burnt it down! lol
Iran are way too clever for the US and Israel - If we are to survive as a species we must take a new direction and embrace 'Free Energy' - Something that IRAN is leading the world in.