# Saudi Diplomat Recounts Being Slapped by Revolutionary Guard in Iran - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119148640795308296 - Source account: [@JD_YU5](https://x.com/JD_YU5) - Source language: Arabic - Target language: English - Duration: 1:53 - Published: 2026-11-08 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/ar/%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran) Suddenly, I felt a hard slap across my face. [0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=5) A slap. A hard slap. You mean he hit you. A slap, right? Yes. [0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=11) So I kept my composure, actually. Then he asked the question again. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=18) What was his rank? I mean, who was the one who hit you? [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=20) He was with the Revolutionary Guard. I think he was their commander at the airport. [0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=24) They're everywhere, all over Iran. Everywhere. [0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=29) So when he hit you, what did you do? I did nothing. I kept my composure. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=33) And we have instructions that we shouldn't provoke the person in front of us. [0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=36) If he's angry, don't provoke him further, so I held back. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=40) Then he went back and asked the question again. [0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=43) So I stuck to the same answer. The slaps kept coming. Oof. Yes. [0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=49) About three or four slaps. And you… You kept your composure. [0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=54) I kept my composure very well. With women and children. [0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=59) That's why you're in the Foreign Ministry. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=61) That's a diplomat's quality. Almost, almost certainly. [1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=65) That's what they call self-control. Yes, no doubt. [1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=68) But that slap was aimed at all of Saudi Arabia. [1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=71) Absolutely, absolutely. Okay, and then? Then, when we gave up hope of getting an answer, he shoved me hard. [1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=80) There were some chairs behind me. So I fell onto the chairs. [1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=85) And he spoke to him in Persian. I think he told him to take him outside. [1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=90) I composed myself, thinking about the person outside. [1:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=93) So I went outside. [1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=96) We all sat down on the floor. I sat next to my wife. [1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=99) My wife saw that my face was red, I mean, it was blazing red from four slaps. [1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=105) She said, "What's wrong with your face?" [1:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=106) I told her, "It's nothing. Be quiet." I didn't want to bother people. [1:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5oD7LxQ98cRz/en/saudi-diplomat-recounts-being-slapped-by-revolutionary-guard-in-iran?t=110) So she went quiet. She knew I didn't want to show what…