Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Tehran

Prior to January 2016, the mission was headed by Hasan Ibrahm Hamad Al-Zoyed, ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Tehran.

[1] After the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite cleric, in January 2016 by the Saudi government, an angry Iranian mob attacked the Embassy in Tehran.

[4][5][6][7] 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".

[3] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appealed for the public to calm and to respect diplomatic premises.

[9] Saudi Arabia's first ambassador to Iran since the severing of relations, Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi, arrived on 5 September 2023.