Loading ...Iran took steps on Monday to try to limit the diplomatic damage from an attack on Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran by an angry mob, laying blame on a top security official and saying some of those who carried out the attack were being interrogated.
Iranian officials appear to fear that the Jan. 2 storming of the embassy by a mob protesting Riyadh’s execution of a leading Shi’ite cleric may derail moves to end years of isolation with the West following the signing of a landmark nuclear deal with world powers in July.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and some other states have broken off ties with Iran over the attack. The United Arab Emirates downgraded relations while some others recalled their envoys in protest.
The Tehran government quickly distanced itself from the attack, saying the protesters had entered the Saudi embassy despite widespread efforts by the police to stop them.
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