{"id":30385,"date":"2013-03-19T14:27:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/03\/19\/294371\/iran-to-pursue-saudi-diplomat-accident\/"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:27:31","slug":"iran-to-pursue-saudi-diplomat-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/iran-to-pursue-saudi-diplomat-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran to pursue Saudi diplomat accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_body_spnDetail\">File photo shows the car of the Saudi Embassy&#8217;s drunk staffer after its fatal accident in Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divDetailBody\">\n<p>Iran Foreign Ministry says it is following up on the recent deadly car crash caused by a drunk Saudi diplomat in Tehran through judicial and diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Foreign Ministry immediately followed the issue through judicial and diplomatic channels after being informed [of the accident] and has taken the necessary measures in this regard,\u201d Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mehmanparast mentioned violating Iranian laws, exceeding the speed limit and driver\u2019s intoxication as the causes of the deadly accident, adding that Iran has strongly protested to the Saudi Embassy staffer&#8217;s behavior and has notified the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran of its complaint.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a drunk Saudi Embassy staffer killed an Iranian driver and injured a passer-by in a car accident in a northeastern neighborhood in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi staffer rammed his vehicle into the Iranian car before veering off the road. The Iranian driver was killed on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Four bottles of alcoholic beverage have been found in the Saudi Embassy employee\u2019s car. Police were present at the scene and started an investigation into the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Embassy has made no comment on the incident yet.<\/p>\n<p>PG\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span>File photo shows the car of the Saudi Embassy&#8217;s drunk staffer after its fatal accident in Tehran.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Iran Foreign Ministry says it is following up on the recent deadly car crash caused by a drunk Saudi diplomat in Tehran through judicial and diplomatic channels.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The Foreign Ministry immediately followed the issue through judicial and diplomatic channels after being informed [of the accident] and has taken the necessary measures in this regard,&rdquo; Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mehmanparast mentioned violating Iranian laws, exceeding the speed limit and driver&rsquo;s intoxication as the causes of the deadly accident, adding that Iran has strongly protested to the Saudi Embassy staffer&#8217;s behavior and has notified the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran of its complaint.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a drunk Saudi Embassy staffer killed an Iranian driver and injured a passer-by in a car accident in a northeastern neighborhood in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi staffer rammed his vehicle into the Iranian car before veering off the road. The Iranian driver was killed on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Four bottles of alcoholic beverage have been found in the Saudi Embassy employee&rsquo;s car. Police were present at the scene and started an investigation into the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Embassy has made no comment on the incident yet.<\/p>\n<p>PG\/SS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}