Iran's Rohani: Attack on Saudi Embassy 'Unjustifiable'

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Iran's Rohani: Attack on Saudi Embassy 'Unjustifiable'
The Iranian president condemns Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shi'ite cleric, which sparked protests across the region.
read more: Iran's Rohani: Attack on Saudi embassy 'unjustifiable' - Middle East News

Iranian President Hassan Rohani speaks at the 29th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, December 27, 2015.AP
Protesters break into Saudi embassy in Tehran after execution of Shi'ite cleric
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shi'ite cleric alongside 46 other prisoners
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called an attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran "unjustifiable."
In comments Sunday, Rohani also condemned Saudi Arabia's execution of opposition Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, which sparked the attack on the embassy and generated outrage among Shi'ites across the region.
Rohani said he ordered the Interior Ministry to apprehend those responsible for the embassy attack and bring them to court to "end forever such ugly acts." He also called the embassy attackers "extremists."
read more: Iran's Rohani: Attack on Saudi embassy 'unjustifiable' - Middle East News
Protesters in Iran, angered by al-Nimr's execution, broke into the Saudi Embassy early Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof.
Al-Nimr was among 47 people executed Saturday after being convicted of terrorism charges. He was an outspoken critic of the Saudi government but denied advocating violence.
read more: Iran's Rohani: Attack on Saudi embassy 'unjustifiable' - Middle East News

 

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Iran supreme leader says Saudi faces 'divine revenge'
Iran's supreme leader says Saudi Arabia will face "divine revenge" for executing a top Shia cleric, as 40 arrested for storming Saudi embassy in Tehran
Iran supreme leader says Saudi faces 'divine revenge'

 

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Police Arrest 40 People for Storming Saudi Embassy in Tehran

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TEHRAN (FNA)- The police forces arrested 40 people who had ransacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran last night after Riyadh executed a prominent Muslim cleric, a judiciary official announced on Sunday.
"40 people who had entered the embassy building have been identified and arrested so far," Tehran's Public Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Sunday.

He underlined that investigations still continue to identify and detain other culprits who entered and damaged a part of the building after hearing reports of execution of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Angry protesters in Tehran and Mashhad cities held protest rallies in front of the Saudi missions, with a number of protestors storming the embassy in the capital and throwing firecrackers at the building which caused fire.

Police rushed to the scene and dispersed the crowd.

Spokesman of Tehran's Fire Department Jalal Maleki told FNA that the small fire was extinguished very fast, adding that no one was injured in the incident.

He added that the fire damaged some properties at the Saudi mission.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari called for calm, and said there should be no more demonstrations around Saudi diplomatic premises.

He condemned the execution of Sheikh Nimr again, but underlined Tehran's responsibility for protecting the diplomatic places.

Also police officials announced that any protest rally in front of the Saudi embassy is forbidden.

Saudi Arabia announced Saturday that it has executed the prominent Shiite Muslim cleric.

Sunni and Shiite Muslims from across the world rushed to condemn his execution, vowing revenge.

After the declaration, thousands of Bahraini people poured to the streets and chanted "death to the al-Saud" slogans.

The Bahrainis who also carried some placards to show their support for Sheikh Nimr warned Riyadh that shedding the cleric's blood will not remain unanswered.

Lebanon's Hezbollah, Yemen's Ansarullah, Pakistan's Shiite Assembly and tens of Sunni and Shiite figures, groups and movements across the world have rushed to condemn the Saudi regime, all underlining that Riyadh has poured oil to the flames of sectarian strife.

In Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in a statement condemned the killing of the prominent Muslim cleric, and said, "The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr shows that Saudi Arabia insists on pouring oil to the flames of sectarian sedition."

Sheikh Nimr's execution was also condemned by Head of Iraq's Badr Organization Hadi al-Ameri who expressed deep regret after hearing the news.

The Iranian Sunni figures also showed reaction to the Saudi cleric's killing by Saudi Arabia.

Molawi Abdolhamid Ismailzehi, the Friday prayers leader of Iran's Southeastern city of Zahedan, expressed deep regret over Sheikh Nimr's execution, and said under the conditions that the Muslim world needs unity, the Saudi officials should have refrained from his killing.

Also, representative of Iran's Sunni-populated Southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan at the Assembly of Experts, Molawi Nazir Ahmad Salami, condemned Sheikh Nimr's execution, and said, "There is no difference between the Shiites and Sunnis and any person who is opposed to tyranny and brutality should show reaction and deplore the Saudi measure."

Also, Chairman of the Sunni Lawmakers' Fraction at the Iranian parliament Abed Fattahi deplored the execution of Sheikh Nimr by Riyadh, and said the bells have now started ringing for the collapse of the Saudi regime.

He also said that Saudi Arabia's support for the terrorists, the mismanagement of Mina incident, execution of Sheikh Nimr and several other crimes by Riyadh, "closed the door of negotiations with the political structure of Saudi Arabia".

Their remarks came after the Iranian seminaries held a protest rally in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran on Saturday, and condemned execution of the Shiite cleric by chanting "death to al-Saud" slogans.

The Iranian foreign ministry also strongly deplored Riyadh for killing the prominent cleric, and said the move proved the Saudi officials' "imprudence and irresponsibility", underlining that the Saudi regime will pay a heavy price for this crime.

"While the extremist and Takfiri terrorists have deprived the regional and world nations of security and tranquility and threaten certain regional governments' stability and existence, execution of a figure like Sheikh Nimr who didn’t have any instrument but words to pursue his political and religious goals merely shows the depth of imprudence and irresponsibility," Jaber Ansari said on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, including Sheikh Nimr, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement. Most of those executed were said to be involved in a series of attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda between 2003 and 2006. 45 of those executed were of Saudi nationality, one Chadian, one Egyptian.

The Interior Ministry statement announcing the executions began with verses from the Quran, justifying the use of the death penalty, while state television showed footage of the aftermath of Al-Qaeda attacks over the last decade. Shortly afterward, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh appeared on Saudi Arabian television, hailing the executions as just.

Al-Qaeda is the number one enemy of Shiite Muslims, and the Saudi television did not explain how it could link the footage to the execution of a Shiite leader who has been the target of ISIL and Al-Qaeda.

Iranian high-ranking officials had regularly deplored Riyadh for handing down death sentence to prominent Shiite cleric, warning that execution of the Sheikh Nimr would incur a heavy price in Saudi Arabia, and would set the stage for the fall of the Saudi regime.

Several rights activists had also warned Riyadh that execution of Sheikh Nimr would set fire to Saudi Arabia.

Heretofore, Al Saud had frequently said that it plans to execute Sheikh soon, but the kingdom delayed it every time. According to an informed source, the new King and his hawkish cabinet members mean to send a message to the Shiite community, dissidents and Iran through the move to show they are ready to pay any price in confrontation with Tehran. Though Iran has repeatedly denied any link with the Shiite dissidents in Saudi Arabia.

During the recent months, people across the world staged protest in support of Sheikh Nimr, calling for immediate release of the leader, warning the Wahhabi authorities against executing prominent Shiite cleric.

Nimr was attacked and arrested in the Qatif region of Eastern Province in July 2012, and has been charged with undermining the kingdom’s security, making anti-government speeches, and defending political prisoners. Nimr has denied the accusations.

In October 2014, a Saudi court sentenced Sheikh Nimr to death, provoking huge condemnations and criticism in the Middle East and the world.

On October 25, Nimr’s family confirmed that the Saudi Supreme Court and the Specialized Appeals Court had endorsed a death sentence issued last year against him for inciting sectarian strife and disobeying King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The cleric has denied the charges.

The Shiite cleric’s lawyer, Sadeq al-Jubran, had also said that Nimr could be executed as soon as the Saudi monarch approves his sentence.

Human rights organizations have condemned Saudi Arabia for failing to address the rights situation in the kingdom. They say Saudi Arabia has persistently implemented repressive policies that stifle freedom of expression, association and assembly.

 

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HEADLINES
Arrests made in attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Commander of Tehran Police Force Brigadier General Hossein Sajedinia said that a number of individuals involved in a Saturday attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran have been detained.

“Last night, at around 10:20 pm (local time), some rogue individuals staged a rally in front of the Saudi embassy and chanted anti-Saudi slogans,” Brigadier General Sajedinia told the Tasnim News Agency on Sunday.

“Following the rally, some of them threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the Saudi embassy that caused fire in part of the embassy building,” he stated.

The commander went on to say that, unfortunately, during the “illegal” acts a number of police forces were injured and some of the protesters, who had entered the building, were arrested.

The Iranian protesters had staged the rally to condemn the Riyadh regime for executing prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Saudi Arabia earlier on Saturday executed 47 prisoners, including Sheikh Nimr.

The cleric’s name was among a list of the 47 carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It cited the interior ministry for the information. Saudi state television also reported the executions.

Sheikh Nimr was detained in July 2012 on charges of delivering anti-regime speeches and defending political prisoners.

His arrest sparked widespread protests in the Arab country, leaving a number of people dead.

By Tasnim News Agency

 

[irosie91]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

 

[irosie91]

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Considering the filth that goes on in IRAN-----Rouhani has a HELL OF A NERVE ---
complaining about one lousy Shiite mullah getting axed

 

[dani67]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

 

[irosie91]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

ok-------you need not comment-------I had to know Iranians very well before I GOT
TOLD ALL ABOUT IT....... I got to see it up close. Long long ago I was young----
flower child of the 60s .....sorta. I worked in a very large hospital that had lots
of "resident staff" (that means young medical school graduates) from south east asia and Iran. I was a friendly little idiot and I was THERE------upfront----reception desk for the whole damn complex (lots and lots of buildings on lots and lots acres)
thus I got to see stuff. One day I ANGERED an Iranian by telling him that ----
......dr achmed from pakistan just checked in ......... Idiot that I was -----I thought since HE was NEW to the US----he would like to meet another muslim NEW to the US. Sheeesh-----the guy went BALLISTIC 'why are you telling me about it...."------------I thought he would vomit. It took me about a year to figure out the
SUNNI/SHIITE thing -----it was a very PART time weekend job------I was a college student then and very naïve, I got to be reasonably close friends with all sorts of people who HATED each other (based on religion and origin) I juggled

 

[Moonglow]

Looks as though the kettle will be boiling with unrest for yet another chapter in the Arab Spring....

 

[irosie91]

Looks as though the kettle will be boiling with unrest for yet another chapter in the Arab Spring....

Its not the end-----it is not even the beginning of the end-----it is barely the end
of the beginning

 

[Moonglow]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

ok-------you need not comment-------I had to know Iranians very well before I GOT
TOLD ALL ABOUT IT....... I got to see it up close. Long long ago I was young----
flower child of the 60s .....sorta. I worked in a very large hospital that had lots
of "resident staff" (that means young medical school graduates) from south east asia and Iran. I was a friendly little idiot and I was THERE------upfront----reception desk for the whole damn complex (lots and lots of buildings on lots and lots acres)
thus I got to see stuff. One day I ANGERED an Iranian by telling him that ----
......dr achmed from pakistan just checked in ......... Idiot that I was -----I thought since HE was NEW to the US----he would like to meet another muslim NEW to the US. Sheeesh-----the guy went BALLISTIC 'why are you telling me about it...."------------I thought he would vomit. It took me about a year to figure out the
SUNNI/SHIITE thing -----it was a very PART time weekend job------I was a college student then and very naïve, I got to be reasonably close friends with all sorts of people who HATED each other (based on religion and origin) I juggled

The Protestants and Catholics sure carried the torch on for centuries..

 

[Moonglow]

Looks as though the kettle will be boiling with unrest for yet another chapter in the Arab Spring....

Its not the end-----it is not even the beginning of the end-----it is barely the end
of the beginning

It will never end until humans end...

 

[irosie91]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

ok-------you need not comment-------I had to know Iranians very well before I GOT
TOLD ALL ABOUT IT....... I got to see it up close. Long long ago I was young----
flower child of the 60s .....sorta. I worked in a very large hospital that had lots
of "resident staff" (that means young medical school graduates) from south east asia and Iran. I was a friendly little idiot and I was THERE------upfront----reception desk for the whole damn complex (lots and lots of buildings on lots and lots acres)
thus I got to see stuff. One day I ANGERED an Iranian by telling him that ----
......dr achmed from pakistan just checked in ......... Idiot that I was -----I thought since HE was NEW to the US----he would like to meet another muslim NEW to the US. Sheeesh-----the guy went BALLISTIC 'why are you telling me about it...."------------I thought he would vomit. It took me about a year to figure out the
SUNNI/SHIITE thing -----it was a very PART time weekend job------I was a college student then and very naïve, I got to be reasonably close friends with all sorts of people who HATED each other (based on religion and origin) I juggled

The Protestants and Catholics sure carried the torch on for centuries..

yes, they did. I do hope that the present ""F"" guy -----does not screw things up--------he seems to want to "SHEPHERD" ----the whole kit'n'kaboodle

 

[dani67]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

ok-------you need not comment-------I had to know Iranians very well before I GOT
TOLD ALL ABOUT IT....... I got to see it up close. Long long ago I was young----
flower child of the 60s .....sorta. I worked in a very large hospital that had lots
of "resident staff" (that means young medical school graduates) from south east asia and Iran. I was a friendly little idiot and I was THERE------upfront----reception desk for the whole damn complex (lots and lots of buildings on lots and lots acres)
thus I got to see stuff. One day I ANGERED an Iranian by telling him that ----
......dr achmed from pakistan just checked in ......... Idiot that I was -----I thought since HE was NEW to the US----he would like to meet another muslim NEW to the US. Sheeesh-----the guy went BALLISTIC 'why are you telling me about it...."------------I thought he would vomit. It took me about a year to figure out the
SUNNI/SHIITE thing -----it was a very PART time weekend job------I was a college student then and very naïve, I got to be reasonably close friends with all sorts of people who HATED each other (based on religion and origin) I juggled

you cant blame all nation because of one idiots

 

[irosie91]

Koorosh is -----in the USA called CYRUS -------he has nothing to do with
today's Iran. -----today's Iran got INFECTED by "arab" Ask any Iranian

im iranian

ok-------you need not comment-------I had to know Iranians very well before I GOT
TOLD ALL ABOUT IT....... I got to see it up close. Long long ago I was young----
flower child of the 60s .....sorta. I worked in a very large hospital that had lots
of "resident staff" (that means young medical school graduates) from south east asia and Iran. I was a friendly little idiot and I was THERE------upfront----reception desk for the whole damn complex (lots and lots of buildings on lots and lots acres)
thus I got to see stuff. One day I ANGERED an Iranian by telling him that ----
......dr achmed from pakistan just checked in ......... Idiot that I was -----I thought since HE was NEW to the US----he would like to meet another muslim NEW to the US. Sheeesh-----the guy went BALLISTIC 'why are you telling me about it...."------------I thought he would vomit. It took me about a year to figure out the
SUNNI/SHIITE thing -----it was a very PART time weekend job------I was a college student then and very naïve, I got to be reasonably close friends with all sorts of people who HATED each other (based on religion and origin) I juggled

you cant blame all nation because of one idiots

I did not blame anyone. ----most of those guys were basically reasonable
people------I have a niece-in-law who is Iranian. But she is jewish so she does
not count. I still believe that ROUHANI has got "A LOT OF NERVE" blaming
Saudi arabia for axing people (PS ----Iranian jews are weird too----don't tell anyone---but Iranian CUISINE is exquisite)

 

[Sunni Man]

Its not the end-----it is not even the beginning of the end-----it is barely the end
of the beginning

I see that irosie has already started her dayas usual. .......

 

[irosie91]

Its not the end-----it is not even the beginning of the end-----it is barely the end
of the beginning

I see that irosie has already started her dayas usual. .......

Churchill drank GIN-------I cannot tolerate the taste of gin-----it was the gin
that rendered him ELOQUENT--------I cannot drink it so I have quote and
paraphrase him

 

[Preacher]

rosie is a jewess. Take anything she whines about with a grain of salt.