Was Ayatollah Khamenei's promise of divine revenge, which was supposed to punish Saudi Arabia for the execution of Sheikh Baqir Nimr, fulfilled, or was it canceled?

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It was carried out on Saturday, January 2, 2016, after the execution of Sheikh Nimr, a cleric who opposed the Saudi government.

At that time, the execution of Sheikh Nimr brought strong reactions from the Iranian authorities, so that Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, said: "Divine revenge will befall Saudi politicians."

Nimar Baqir al-Nimr was a Saudi Shiite jurist who was arrested following the Saudi Shiite protests in 2012 and on Wednesday, October 16, 2015, the Saudi Arabian Criminal Court sentenced him to "execution by sword and public crucifixion" for acting against national security and war. Public" was convicted and executed on January 2, 2016.

After the news of the execution of Sheikh Nimr, protesters in Mashhad attacked the Saudi consulate building and pulled down the Saudi flag from the consulate building, and some protesters threw incendiary materials at the Saudi consulate building.

In Tehran, a rally was held in front of the embassy from 10:00 p.m., when a number of protesters entered the embassy building, pulled down the Saudi flag, and after destroying the property inside the building, set fire to the embassy building.

The news agencies close to the government of the Islamic Republic called the attackers of the Saudi embassy as "arbitrary people".

In the attack on the Saudi embassy, ​​a group of extremists who have chosen the name of Hezbollah, led by Hassan Kardihan, who are based in Karaj and have a delegation called the Board of Al-Reza, were directly involved.

After the attack on the embassy, ​​Kardihan went to Syria for a while and after returning he was arrested at the airport by law enforcement and security agencies. He was a staunch supporter of Qalibaf, a candidate in the 2014 presidential election, he gave a speech in Karaj in favor of Qalibaf, and was active in Qalibaf's campaign headquarters in the 2014 elections.

Abdollah Abdi

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