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The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran (Persian: سفارت عربستان سعودی، تهران) is the diplomatic mission of Saudi Arabia in Iran.
Until January 2016, its mission was headed by Hasan Ibrahm Hamad Al-Zoyed, Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Tehran.
After Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in January 2016, an Iranian mob attacked the Embassy in Tehran, which resulted in the Saudis breaking diplomatic relations with Iran. On January 2, the day of the execution, protesters gathered outside Tehran's Saudi embassy, "death to Al Saud". The embassy was on fire after a Molotov cocktail had been thrown at it. The protests continued beyond 3 am. The embassy was empty during the protests. Police donned riot gear and arrested 40 people during the incident. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appealed for calm and to respect diplomatic premises, The day after, protests were held again by hundreds of Iranians in Tehran, and President Rouhani called the damage on embassy "by no means justifiable".