UK Embassy In Iran Taken Over By Protestors, Building On Fire

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1. Dozens of hard-line Iranian students have stormed the British Embassy in Tehran, bringing down the British flag and throwing documents from windows.

The students clashed with anti-riot police and chanted "the Embassy of Britain should be taken over" and "death to England."

Tuesday's incident comes two days after Iranian parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London's support of recently upgraded U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

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  • Protesters burn a British flag taken down from the British embassy in Tehran November 29, 2011
  • Students storm British Embassy in Iran
  • anti-British protest in Tehran escalated, as protesters entered the British embassy and burned the British flag, BBC reports.

Iranian TV is showing images of protesters throwing stones and breaking windows at the embassy
  • Dozens of hard-line Iranian students have stormed the British Embassy in Tehran, bringing down the British flag and throwing documents from windows.

The students clashed with anti-riot police and chanted  the Embassy of Britain should be taken over  and  death to England. 

Tuesday s incident comes two days after Iranian parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London s support of recently upgraded U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
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