{"id":15934,"date":"2016-01-03T14:10:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T19:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15934"},"modified":"2016-01-03T14:10:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T19:10:23","slug":"oil-spike-risk-iran-police-use-water-cannon-on-angry-protesters-near-saudi-consulate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15934","title":{"rendered":"Oil Spike Risk: Iran Police Use Water Cannon On Angry Protesters Near Saudi Consulate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-01-03\/oil-spike-risk-iran-police-use-water-cannon-angry-protesters-near-saudi-consulate\" target=\"_blank\">Oil Spike Risk: Iran Police Use Water Cannon On Angry Protesters Near Saudi Consulate<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"tabs\">Despite official pleas for \u201ccalm\u201d following the death of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Iranians are in no mood to stand down.<\/div>\n<div class=\"node\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Perhaps the Ayatollah&#8217;s calls for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-01-03\/divine-vengeance-will-befall-saudi-arabia-iran-warns-global-outcry-over-execution-gr\">divine vengeance<\/a>&#8221; have incited a riot or perhaps the Shiite world has simply had enough of the House of Saud, but whatever the case,\u00a0<strong>crowds once again gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Mashhad\u00a0on Sunday where riot police tried in vain to disperse the mob with water cannons<\/strong>\u00a0just hours after angry protesters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-01-02\/protesters-storm-set-fire-saudi-embassy-iran\">torched the Saudi embassy<\/a>\u00a0in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Below, find images from the scene which underscore just how precarious the situation has become in the wake of Saturday&#8217;s executions in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2016\/01\/IranWater_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2016\/01\/IranWater2_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2016\/01\/IranWater3_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user92183\/imageroot\/2016\/01\/IranWater4_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil Spike Risk: Iran Police Use Water Cannon On Angry Protesters Near Saudi Consulate Despite official pleas for \u201ccalm\u201d following the death of prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, Iranians are in no mood to stand down. 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