The security breach at the Tehran compound was unprecedented in recent years. (AFP/Getty)From Times Online:
Hundreds of Iranian radicals stormed the British compound in Tehran last night, replacing the Union flag with a Palestinian one in protest against Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
British officials will be assessing whether the security breach, unprecedented in recent years, was an isolated incident or presages further violent demonstrations.
A hardline Iranian news agency said that protests against Britain and Egypt, whose embassy was also targeted, would continue.
Hardline Iranian students have often staged noisy protests outside the British embassy in Tehran, hurling stones and petrol bombs at the building, but Tuesday night’s incident was the first time in decades that they have breached diplomatic territory.
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My Comment: Shades of the U.S. hostage crisis almost 30 years ago. I am surprised that the British have an embassy in Iran. Of all the lousy places to be posted to .... that has to be one of the lousiest.
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