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Khamenei praises arrest of US sailors, condemns Saudi embassy attack

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today thanked the Revolutionary Guards for briefly detaining US sailors last week, but condemned the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran as an action that damaged the country.
Protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran on January 2 after Saudi Arabia executed a Shi'ite Muslim cleric. This prompted Riyadh to sever relations with Tehran, which in turn cut all commercial ties with Riyadh, and banned pilgrims from travelling to Mecca.
"Attacking the Saudi embassy (in Tehran)  was really bad and harmed Iran and Islam, but this should not be an excuse to criticise our devout young people," Khamenei was quoted as saying on his website.
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