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Iranian Protesters Sack Saudi Embassy

OUT OF CONTROL

Set part on fire.

In response to Saudi Arabia executing a Shiite cleric, protesters in Iran stormed Saudi Arabia’s embassy and set part of it on fire on Saturday. Furniture was broken, windows were smashed, and Molotov cocktails were thrown. The police eventually arrived and cleared the embassy grounds. The protesters were angry about the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Read it at the New York Times