On January 2, 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carried out a mass execution of 47 imprisoned civilians convicted of terrorism in 12 provinces in the country.
[3] Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court on 15 October 2014 for "seeking 'foreign meddling' in Saudi Arabia, 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces".
[4] His execution was condemned by religious and political figures and human rights groups.
[7] The Iranian government condemned the embassy attack in Iran.
[8][9] Out of the total forty-seven people executed, forty-five were Saudis, one was Egyptian, and one was Chadian.