Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 Hundreds of hard-line members
of the paramilitary Bassij in Iran rallied outside the British embassy
in Tehran on Sunday afternoon, chanting death to England (sic.)
and demanding that British spies leave the country.
The Islamist protesters pelted the compound with stones and tomatoes, trampled on American and Israeli flags and set them
on fire. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 Hundreds of hard-line members of the paramilitary Bassij in Iran rallied outside the British embassy in Tehran on Sunday afternoon, chanting death to England (sic.) and demanding that British spies leave the country.
The Islamist protesters pelted the compound with stones and tomatoes, trampled on American and Israeli flags and set them on fire.
Several embassy windows were shattered, but there was no report of embassy staff sustaining injuries. It is not known whether Sir Richard Dalton, the British ambassador to Iran, was in the embassy at the time of the unruly protest.
The Bassijis were protesting against what they described as Londons conspiratorial role in securing a resolution critical of Irans nuclear activities by the International Atomic Energy Agencys Board of Governors.
The Bassij, paramilitary Islamist vigilantes loyal to Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were recently given new powers to act as the countrys back-up police force.
Saeed Dehghan, a Majlis deputy from Tehran, addressing the rally, criticised the European trio France, Germany, and the United Kingdom for trying to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capability.
A statement was read out by the organisers of the demonstration which denounced Europe for criticising the Islamic Republic for resuming its suspended nuclear activities.
