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## Video: Iranian Protesters Storm Saudi Arabian Embassy After Executions

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_Published 2016-01-03. After Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners, included a Shiite cleric, violent protests erupted at an embassy in Tehran._


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## Transcript

The blow back after Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners, including prominent Shiite cleric [ UNKNOWN ], cam quickly and then violently. [ NOISE ] After news of the execution spread protestors broke in and then set fire to part of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran. Police have since cleared the area surrounding the embassy. Extinguished the fire, and arrested some of the protesters according to journalists in Tehran. Nimr who was the leader of antigovernment protests was charged with sedition, disobedience and bearing arms. He was officially sentenced to death in October. Saudi Arabian officials claimed the first mass execution of 2016 was to prevent violence against the state.

But analysts quoted in the New York Times point out, " the grouping of Sheikh Nimr with hardened jihadists was a warning to domestic dissidents ." The executions have drawn condemnation worldwide, including from Saudi Arabia's allies. The U. S. State Department released a statement raising questions about the country's legal process. And expressing concern the execution could exacerbate sectarian tensions at a time when they urgently need to be reduced. Criticism from Saudi Arabia's regional rivals was more pointed. Iran Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, reportedly equated Saudi beheadings with those of the terrorist group ISIS.

Saudi Arabi has denounced the comparison, arguing unlike ISIS, there's always a trial before an execution.

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