Iran protests Saudi diplomat's deadly “drunk driving”

Iran said it has protested to the Saudi embassy about a deadly accident involving one of its diplomats who reports alleged had been "drunk driving" when he crashed his vehicle into another.
The unnamed diplomat "had violated the speed limit" when he hit the car in Tehran last week, killing its Iranian driver, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast said.
The latter also added that Iran had conveyed a "strong protest" to the Saudi embassy, and that diplomatic and judicial protocols were activated to pursue the case.
"With the police investigating the accident, it was absolutely clear that he was drunk," a news agency reported, adding an "empty bottle of alcohol" was found in the diplomat's car.
The consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Iran under its Islamic sharia law.