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Saudi- Families to sue over Iran deaths
(MENAFN- Arab News) QATIF: The Saudi Consulate in Iran plans to launch lawsuits on Sunday seeking compensation for the deaths and injuries suffered by citizens from inhaling poisonous insecticide in a hotel in Iran earlier this week.
Four children died and 36 were injured by the chemical phosphine apparently used during the fumigation of the hotel in Mashhad in the northwest of the country.
Abdullah Yahya Al-Hamrani Saudi deputy consul in Iran said that the families of the victims had asked the consulate to handle their legal affairs which would include seeking blood money and other compensation.
Al-Hamrani said the consulate has already been able to get agreements on compensation for five Saudi citizens. These were concluded through diplomatic channels he said.
Al-Hamrani said the families wanted their children buried at a graveyard in Mashhad.
Deema Al-Fakher 13 her brother Hassan Abdulghani three Haidar Ali Qassim Al-Marhoon five and six-month-old Hassan Ali Al-Awami were buried on Thursday next to Imam Ali bin Musa Al-Ridha. Hundreds of Saudi and Iranian citizens attended the burial.
Sheikh Hassan Al-Sammar from Saudi Arabia led the funeral prayers. Family and friends of the deceased were invited to a hall at the Imam Al-Ridha Mosque complex where they received condolences from the public.
The Saudi families claimed that the chemical had reached their rooms through the air-conditioning system last Sunday.
They had complained to the hotel management about a foul smell in their rooms but were initially told it was an odor coming from the hotel kitchen.
Tests later showed that the chemical was present in their bodies. The hotel's manager and four workers were subsequently arrested.
The Iranian authorities have said there may be a possibility that the Saudis were deliberately poisoned but that an investigation was under way to determine this.
Osama Nugali head of media at the Foreign Ministry said that Iranian ambassador in Riyadh Hussein Sadiqi was asked to cooperate with the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Mashhad to help the victims.
Four children died and 36 were injured by the chemical phosphine apparently used during the fumigation of the hotel in Mashhad in the northwest of the country.
Abdullah Yahya Al-Hamrani Saudi deputy consul in Iran said that the families of the victims had asked the consulate to handle their legal affairs which would include seeking blood money and other compensation.
Al-Hamrani said the consulate has already been able to get agreements on compensation for five Saudi citizens. These were concluded through diplomatic channels he said.
Al-Hamrani said the families wanted their children buried at a graveyard in Mashhad.
Deema Al-Fakher 13 her brother Hassan Abdulghani three Haidar Ali Qassim Al-Marhoon five and six-month-old Hassan Ali Al-Awami were buried on Thursday next to Imam Ali bin Musa Al-Ridha. Hundreds of Saudi and Iranian citizens attended the burial.
Sheikh Hassan Al-Sammar from Saudi Arabia led the funeral prayers. Family and friends of the deceased were invited to a hall at the Imam Al-Ridha Mosque complex where they received condolences from the public.
The Saudi families claimed that the chemical had reached their rooms through the air-conditioning system last Sunday.
They had complained to the hotel management about a foul smell in their rooms but were initially told it was an odor coming from the hotel kitchen.
Tests later showed that the chemical was present in their bodies. The hotel's manager and four workers were subsequently arrested.
The Iranian authorities have said there may be a possibility that the Saudis were deliberately poisoned but that an investigation was under way to determine this.
Osama Nugali head of media at the Foreign Ministry said that Iranian ambassador in Riyadh Hussein Sadiqi was asked to cooperate with the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Mashhad to help the victims.
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