Oil Spike Risk: Iran Police Use Water Cannon On Angry Protesters Near Saudi Consulate
Despite official pleas for “calm” following the death of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Iranians are in no mood to stand down.
Perhaps the Ayatollah’s calls for “divine vengeance” have incited a riot or perhaps the Shiite world has simply had enough of the House of Saud, but whatever the case, crowds once again gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Mashhad on Sunday where riot police tried in vain to disperse the mob with water cannons just hours after angry protesters torched the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
Below, find images from the scene which underscore just how precarious the situation has become in the wake of Saturday’s executions in Saudi Arabia.
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