Iran’s Revolutionary Guards had promised “harsh revenge” against the Saudi Sunni royal dynasty for the execution of Nimr, considered a terrorist by Riyadh but hailed in Iran as a hero of the rights of Saudi Arabia’s marginalised Shi’ite minority.
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Mrs Foa said: “Alarmingly, the Saudi government is continuing to target those who have called for domestic reform in the kingdom, executing at least four of them today”.
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Iranian protesters have broken into the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran after Riyadh announced the execution of Shia religious leader Nimr al-Nimr, one of 47 men killed on terrorism charges. Al-Dhubaiti took part in the attack outside the house of a suspected al-Qaida militant.
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The ruling Al Saud family has grown increasingly anxious in recent years as Middle East turmoil, especially in Syria and Iraq, has boosted Sunni jihadists seeking to bring it down and given room to Iran to spread its influence. British reporter Frank Gardner, now the BBC’s security correspondent, was seriously wounded in the attack and paralyzed, but survived.
In Iran, the last word belongs to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mamusta Mahmoudi, said Saudi Arabia is only carrying the title of Islam while in fact it is a supporter of Wahabi Daesh.
Despite the focus on Nimr, the executions seemed mostly aimed at discouraging jihadism in Saudi Arabia, where dozens have died in the past year in attacks by Sunni militants.
Protesters in Iran, angered by al-Nimr’s execution, broke into the Saudi Embassy early Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof.
“There are flames inside the embassy… demonstrators were able to get inside but have since been cleared out”, ISNA news agency said.
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a statement that his countrymen “strongly condemn these detestable sectarian practices and affirm that the crime of executing Sheikh al-Nimr will topple the Saudi regime as the crime of executing the martyr al-Sadr did to Saddam”, referencing the death of another prominent cleric in Iraq in 1980.
The prosecutor said “investigations to identify other persons involved in this incident are ongoing”.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments Sunday, a day after Riyadh announced the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
The two regional rivals were already at odds with each other over an ongoing conflict in Yemen where Saudi-led fighters are battling against the Iran-backed Houthi rebel movement.
The global rights group Amnesty worldwide said the 47 executions demonstrated the Saudi authorities’ “utter disregard for human rights and life” and called Sheikh Nimr’s trial “political and grossly unfair”.
He noted that breakout of chaos in the region is the end sought by Saudi government and said the crimes committed by Al Saud are under the name of Islam though in fact they are all in line with objectives of the world arrogant powers.
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With the threat of further sectarian violence triggered by the executions in predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom called for calm in the region.
