MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Around 100 participants in the storming of the Saudi embassy in Tehran have been detained, Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told reporters Sunday.
"All Iranian officials have condemned the attack," Ejei said as quoted by the FARS News service, adding that some detainees have been released due to a lack of evidence.
A former northern Iranian university student on a distance learning program was detained earlier on suspicion of organizing the attack, the spokesman added.
Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic ties with Iran after protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the consulate in Mashhad on January 2.
The attack was carried out after Saudi Arabia announced it had executed 47 convicts, a prominent Shiite cleric among them.
