The Saudi Consulate in Iran plans to seek compensation for the deaths and injuries suffered by citizens from inhaling poisonous insecticide in a hotel in Iran last week, Arab News reported.
Four children died and 36 people were injured by the chemical phosphine apparently used during the fumigation of the hotel in Mashhad, in the northwest of the country.
The families would seek blood money and other compensation via the consulate, Saudi deputy consul in Iran Abdullah Yahya Al Hamrani was quoted as saying.
Compensation already had been agreed to for five Saudi citizens, he said.
They had complained to the hotel management about a foul smell in their rooms but were initially told it was an odor coming from the hotel kitchen, Arab News said.
Tests later showed the chemical was present in their bodies.