after it executed a prominent Shia cleric.
The country's hardline Revolutionary Guards issued a chilling warning
to the ruling Al Saud family saying they will topple the
"pro-terrorist, anti-Islamic regime".
The website of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also
compared Saudi to notorious Islamic State executioner Jihadi John.
Mr Khamenei added: "The unjustly spilled blood of this oppressed
martyr will no doubt soon show its effect and divine vengeance will
befall Saudi politicians."
It comes after the Sunni kingdom executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and
three other Shi'ites along with dozens of al Qaeda members.
The move appeared to end any hopes that the common enemy of ISIS could
lead to rapprochement between the two countries.
Nimr was considered a terrorist by Riyadh but hailed in Iran as a
champion of the rights of Saudi Arabia's marginalised Shia Muslim
minority.
Outraged Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early
on Sunday morning leaving a trail of destruction
One photograph posted on Twitter showed a baying mob outside the
embassy with small fires burning inside.
Another showed a room inside the building with smashed furniture
strewn across the floor.
He said: "Sheik al-Nimr and a number of the other prisoners executed
had been convicted following trials that raised serious concerns over
the nature of the charges and the fairness of the process.
Ban had raised Nimr's case with Saudi leaders on a number of occasions
and urged the country to commute all death sentences that had been
imposed, a spokesman said.
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