The 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran was a mob action on 2 January 2016 by protesters demonstrating against the execution of prominent Saudi Arabian Shi'a cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nim
The Saudi embassy in Tehran after the attack
Protest in Mashhad in front of Saudi consulate (3 January 2016)
Saudi embassy, three months before attacks (4 October 2015)
Iran–Saudi Arabia relations
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Bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have experienced periods of tension as well as phases of diplomatic engagement and normalization. The tensions have been attributed to a range of geop
2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran
…to the 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution. Methods Demonstrations, riots, arson, vandalism Result Embassy in Tehran arsoned and destroyed Severance of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations Sudan, Bahrain, Djibouti, the Comoros and Somalia severed diplomatic ties with Iran Governments of Kuwait and Qatar recalling ambassadors from Iran UAE…
Iranian Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda and Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, July 1975
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud after signing a joint statement on the restoration of diplomatic relations, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the background, 6 April 2023
Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's Major General Mohammad Bagheri, 17 April 2025