Hardliners who set ablaze the Saudi embassy in Tehran in response to the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr have done Iran no favours
Storming an embassy was once a symbolic act,initiated by ardent revolutionaries to perform their voices heard and championed by the most senior officials in Iran’s Islamic republic. But the familiar act, now considered merely hooliganism, and is coming back to bite the hands of the very people who endorsed it in the first location. In the latest episode,thanks to Iranian hardliners who set ablaze the Saudi embassy in Tehran and attacked its consular offices in the eastern city of Mashhad, the focus is now being shifted from the Saudi execution of 47 people in a single day to an ensuing diplomatic crisis involving Tehran. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com