Iranian protesters are seen on social media storming Saudi missions in Iran after Saudi Arabia executed Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric, and 46 other prisoners. Haaretz reports: Demonstrators broke into Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran before being cleared away by the police, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported, after gathering there to denounce the kingdom for executing the cleric. Images shared on social media showed Iranian protesters starting fires at the embassy building. One photograph showed a room with smashed furniture purportedly inside the building. Soon afterwards, more tweets showed what appeared to be police clearing the protesters from the embassy. Earlier, photos on social media showed protesters scaling the fence of the Saudi consultae in Mashad and taking down the Saudi flag. Video shows protesters inside Saudi embassy in Tehran pic.twitter.com/DEmsNLI6ZG — Sobhan Hassanvand (@Hassanvand) January 2, 2016 The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling on protesters to respect the diplomatic premises, according to the Entekhab news website. Saudi Arabia executed Nimr alongside dozens of Al-Qaida members on Saturday, signaling intolerance of jihadism and minority Shi’ite Muslim violence while stirring a rise in sectarian tensions across the region. VIDEO: 12:08 AM, seems molotov cocktail thrown at Saudi embassy building in Tehran, protest over al-Nimr [...]