2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran

Lead figuresNumberCasualtiesDeathNoneArrested~100 protesters (as of 24 January 2016)

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-Nimr. Mobs stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in Mashhad and ransacked them. The embassy building was set on fire with Molotov cocktails and petrol bombs. During the attacks, the police arrived and dispersed protesters from the embassy premises and extinguished the fire.

The attacks were later condemned by Supreme Leader of IranAli Khamenei, and Iranian presidentHassan Rouhani. On 24 January, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i announced that around 100 people involved in the attack were taken into custody by the authorities.