Saudi embassy attacked in Tehran: news agency


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Flames rise from Saudi Arabia's embassy during a demonstration in Tehran January 2 2016. REUTERS/TIMA/Mehdi

Tehran:Angry crowds protesting at Saudi Arabia's execution of a top Shiite cleric hurled petrol bombs and stormed the kingdom's embassy in Tehran Saturday before being cleared out by police ISNA news agency reported.

The incident came hours after the announcement of the death of 56-year-old cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

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