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Anti-Saudi Demonstrations In Iran, Anti-Iran Demonstrations In Yemen

At a November 24 demonstration in front of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, to protest against the slaughter of Shi'ites in Yemen, students threw stones at the embassy, and called for its closure and for the Saudi ambassador's expulsion from Iran.

Alrabiya.net reported that a senior Iranian Basij official threatened to destroy the Arab embassies in Tehran.

An article in the Iranian daily Iran, which is identified with the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned Saudi Arabia that the war in Yemen could spark rebellion by the million Yemenites residing in it.

In the Yemen capital of San'a today, hundreds demonstrated in front of the Iranian Embassy against Iran's aid to the Houthi rebels, and demanded the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador.

Sources: Kayhan, Iran, November 25, 2009; Alarabiya.net, November 24-5, 2009

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