Iranian protesters storm UK embassy
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Timeline of Iranian-British relations Full Story
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The incident brought to mind the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students on November 4, 1979. Here are details of that siege.
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Iranian police have secured the release of six employees of the British embassy compound in northern Tehran who had been taken hostage by hardline students earlier in the day, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
"Police freed the six people working for the British embassy in Qolhak garden," Fars said. -
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Britain urges Iran to take urgent action to bring the situation under control.
"Senior officials have spoken to the Iranian charge (senior diplomat) in London to urge the Iranian authorities to act with utmost urgency to ensure the situation is brought under control and to protect our diplomatic compound, as they are obliged to do under international law," Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement. -
From YouTube/Unity4Iran : Video of protesters storming the British embassy titled "Pro regime Supporters & Basijis attack British embaasy in Iran"
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Images of the storming of the embassy from Fars News Agency farsnews.com
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The attacks followed the rapid approval by Iran's Guardian Council of a parliamentary bill compelling the government to expel the British ambassador in retaliation for the sanctions. A lawmaker had also warned Sunday that angry Iranians could storm the British Embassy as they did the U.S. mission in 1979.
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Protesters pulled down the British flag, burned it, and put up the Iranian flag, Iranian news agencies and news pictures showed. Inside, the demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs. One waved a framed picture of Queen Elizabeth, state TV showed.
Others carried the royal crest out through the embassy gate as police stood by, pictures carried by the official Fars news agency showed. -
Images from today's embassy protest www.reuters.com
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The incident followed Britain's imposition of new sanctions on the Islamic state last week over its nuclear program.
London banned all British financial institutions from doing business with their Iranian counterparts, including the Central Bank of Iran, as part of a new wave of sanctions by Western countries. -
Trita Parsi, a U.S.-based expert on Iranian relations with the West said the attacks were very worrisome development.
"It is yet another sign that rather than permitting diplomacy to de-escalate the situation, tensions between Iran and the West are on the rise with Iran's continued nuclear work, sabotage, assassinations, sanctions and now the attack on the embassy," he told Reuters. -
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#Iran situation in front of northern British embassy compound still tense,
students say they have handed "spies" over to police.by ThomasErdbrink via twitter 11/29/2011 4:31:20 PM -
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Key areas affected by sanctions imposed by the international community against Iran. Full Graphic
by Stephanie Ditta via Graphics.thomsonreuters 11/29/2011 4:52:07 PM -
FCO condemns 'unacceptable' security incident at British Embassy in Tehran Full Statement
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Not sure if my message went through but I reiterate, this is payback for removing the democratically elected leader under operation ajax in 1953 and supporting Iraqi in the 10-year war between Iraq and Iran the killed 1 million iranians including the use of western chemical weapons. So please excuse me if I shed no tears. -
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Was just at GB emb garden, situation still tense, with police and baseej, and lost of secret policeby ThomasErdbrink via twitter edited by Stephanie Ditta 11/29/2011 5:09:34 PM
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Iran govt. ordered to downgrade UK ties -report from Press TV. Full Story
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Iran's foreign ministry said it regretted the storming of two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, the students' news agency ISNA reported, quoting a government statement.
"The foreign ministry regrets the protests that led to some unacceptable behaviors ... We respect and we are committed to international regulations on the immunity and safety of diplomats and diplomatic places," the statement said. -
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