A Saudi embassy official, right, is seen talking to family members on arrival in Riyadh on Monday night.

Saudi officials from the embassy in Tehran, who have arrived safely in the Kingdom, have accused the Iranian government of doing nothing to protect them from a mob in the city earlier this week.

Mohammed bin Ali-Qaidhi, who was among those who arrived from Dubai here on Monday night, said masked men were involved in setting the building alight and stealing property of the Saudi government.

He said Iranian security officials ignored the events at the embassy building. In addition, there was no electricity for more than one hour during the attack, he told Arab News.

Also, Iranian officials had harassed Saudi officials from the time they wanted to leave Tehran, he said. “We missed our flight because there was a deliberate delay in the processing of our passports at the immigration counter.” They had to wait two more hours to get a flight, he said.

The Saudi officials thanked the UAE for helping them leave Tehran. They said that Anwar Al-Gargash, UAE’s foreign minister, and the Saudi ambassador in the UAE, met them at the airport and helped them get a connection to Riyadh.

Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Khudair, a relative of an embassy staff member working in Tehran, said he was thankful to the Saudi government for protecting diplomatic staff working abroad.

Members of the Saudi diplomatic mission in Iran, led by Consul General in Mashhad Abdullah Ali Al Fa’ar and charge d’affaires of the Embassy of the embassy in Tehran Isaac Ibrahim El-Arini, are welcomed at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh led by Assistant Foreign Minister Prince Khalid bin Saud on Tuesday. (SPA)

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