However, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Shia cleric had been executed for his opposition to Saudi Arabia’s Sunni rulers.
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The Guard says in a statement Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s “medieval act of savagery” in putting Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr to death will lead to the “downfall” of the monarchy.
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Several of the protesters gained access to the embassy building and started fires, before eventually being removed from the compound by police late on Saturday night.
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Forty people were arrested and investigators were pursuing other suspects, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi said, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
“It is unjustifiable”, he said in a statement.
‘We have a relationship with Saudi Arabia where we are able to speak candidly to them, where these issues are raised on a regular basis by the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister and our representatives in Riyadh’.
Hundreds of protesters later demonstrated in front of the embassy and in a central Tehran square.
The Saudi Arabian embassy was ransacked in the Iranian capital of Tehran, which is a predominantly Shiite country and one of the most vocal supporters of Shia followers globally. Tehran authorities could not be immediately reached to discuss the new name.
Dion also expressed concerns over the intensifying sectarian tensions resulting from the execution, particularly after the ensuing violence and Iran and subsequent severing of diplomatic ties between the two nations. The sheikh’s brother said he had been told he would not be receiving his body because the cleric had already been buried in an unnamed cemetery.
The Iranian foreign ministry had earlier condemned Nimr’s execution, calling it “the depth of imprudence and irresponsibility” on the part of the Saudi government. Moqtada al-Sadr, an anti-American Shi’ite leader, called for “angry demonstrations” on Monday in Najaf and at the gate of Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone where the Saudi embassy is located.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian conveyed the strong protest of the Islamic republic to the Saudi envoy, Ahmed al-Muwallid, over what he called the “irresponsible behavior” of the Saudi officials in this regard, the state TV reported.
The State Department also urged the Saudi government to “respect and protect human rights, and to ensure fair and transparent judicial proceedings in all cases”, as well as to permit peaceful expression of dissent and work with all community leaders to defuse tensions. “Repression does not last”.
Shiite leaders in Iran and other countries across the region swiftly condemned Riyadh and warned of sectarian backlash as Saudi Arabia insisted the executions were part of a justified war on terrorism.
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And in Bahrain, police used water cannons to try to quell protesters on Sunday.
