Iranian Protest Leads To Embassy Incursion

Iranian Protest Leads To Embassy Incursion, Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran yesterday, removing the mission’s flag and ransacking offices before police went in after them. The British government said it was “outraged” by the incident, which it called “utterly unacceptable and we condemn it”.

Protesters were shown live on Iranian state television throwing stones at embassy windows, breaking them, and one was seen climbing the wall with a looted portrait of the Queen. Others threw embassy papers into the air.

The incursion was part of a bigger demonstration called to express anger at new British sanctions against Iran’s financial sector imposed over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Police, who had initially stood by as about 20 protesters clambered the walls, entered the compound and, after more than half an hour, managed to remove most of them.

Outside the embassy’s walls, several hundred other demonstrators who had been chanting “Death to Britain” were dispersed by other officers.

Attempts to contact several embassy staff members by telephone and email were not immediately successful.

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