Iran Detains Three Suspects Over Saudi Embassy Raid
KABUL: (MEP) Three suspects have been arrested following the recent attack on the Saudi embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran, a top Iranian Judiciary official says.
“In the recent couple of days, three main suspects involved in the transgression against the Saudi embassy [in Tehran] have been identified and arrested; and the suspects have so far been heavily investigated,” Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Monday.
Dolatabadi said that efforts continue to identify and arrest more suspects, and that investigations continue regarding those already in custody.
Angry demonstrators set fire the Saudi embassy in Tehran On January 2, and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad and Tehran criticizing the execution by Saudi Arabia of top opposition cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, which had been announced on the same day.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for an urgent investigation into the assaults on Saudi diplomatic missions, saying the perpetrators must be “brought to justice.”
