Iran protesters storm British embassy in Tehran - in pictures
Police chase protesters as they enter the gate of the British embassy in Tehran Photograph: ReutersHundreds of Iranian students clash with riot police in front of the British embassy in TehranPhotograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPAA protester removes the emblem of the British embassyPhotograph: Reuters
Protesters burn the British flag outside the embassy in TehranPhotograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesIranian protesters wave a flag that reads Oh Hussein, refering to the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, as they stand on the wall of the US embassy in Tehran Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesA protester walks past a policeman with a poster from the British embassy in Tehran Photograph: ReutersProtesters break the windows of a British embassy building Photograph: Vahid Salemi/APIranian riot police try to contain protesters gathered outside the British embassy in TehranPhotograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesIranian protesters enter the British embassy in TehranPhotograph: Vahid Salemi/APA protester holds a metal pipe and a framed portrait of the Queen during an anti-British demonstration in the Iranian capital Photograph: FarsNews/Getty ImagesProtesters carry the royal coat of arms after breaking in to the British embassy Photograph: FarsNews/Getty ImagesProtesters set fire to the British and Israeli flagsPhotograph: FarsNews/Getty ImagesA large number of protesters storm a security gate as they break into the British embassy Photograph: FarsNews/Getty ImagesProtesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside the Qolhak Garden residential compoundPhotograph: ReutersIranian police officers stand guard outside Qolhak Garden, a compound where British diplomats and their families are housedPhotograph: Rauf Mohseni/AFP/Getty ImagesA man kicks down a door at the British embassy compound in TehranPhotograph: Abolfazl Salmanzadeh/AFP/Getty ImagesDiplomatic vehicles are also attacked during the raid by Iranian protestersPhotograph: EPAAn Iranian man begins smashing the windows of a residential building inside the grounds of the compoundPhotograph: EPAA shattered window of an embassy officePhotograph: Mehdi Marizad/APProtesters go through papers and books in one of the buildings in the compoundPhotograph: International Iran Photo Agency/EPAProtesters searching a residential building in the grounds of the embassyPhotograph: International Iran Photo Agency/EPAA child's bedroom in the British embassy compoundPhotograph: Abolfazl Nesaei/AP
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