Iranian security forces have detained three people accused of having played a key role in the recent raid on the Saudi embassy in the capital, Tehran, a top Iranian Judiciary official, quoted by Press TV, said.

“In the recent couple of days, three main suspects involved in the transgression against the Saudi embassy [in Tehran] have been identified and arrested; and the suspects have so far been heavily investigated,” Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Monday.

He also said that efforts continue to identify and apprehend more suspects, and that investigations continue regarding those already in custody.

On January 2, demonstrations were held in front of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in the northeastern city of Mashhad by angry protesters censuring the execution by Saudi Arabia of top opposition cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, which had been announced on the same day.

Source: MENA