The United Nations Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran’s regime on Sunday after protesters ransacked and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Mashhad.
“The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, and its Consulate General in Mashhad in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which resulted in intrusions into the diplomatic and consular premises, causing serious damage,” said a statement by the 15-member council.
Expressing “deep concern” over the attacks, the council “called on the Iranian authorities to protect diplomatic and consular property and personnel, and to respect fully their international obligations in this regard.”
Saudi Ambassador Abdallah al-Mouallimi had earlier urged the council to “take all appropriate measures to ensure the inviolability of diplomatic facilities and the protection of all Saudi diplomats in Iran.”
