Reuters: The European Union tightened its sanctions against Tehran on Thursday and laid out plans for a possible embargo on Iranian oil in response to mounting concerns over the OPEC producer’s nuclear work.

AP: Britain ordered Iran on Wednesday to remove all its diplomats from the U.K. within 48 hours following attacks on its embassy and a residential compound in Tehran — one of the most significant diplomatic retaliations against Iran since the 1979 U.S. embassy crisis.

AFP: The United States on Wednesday highlighted Iran’s “increasing isolation” after Britain closed its embassy in Tehran and several European countries recalled ambassadors for consultations.

Reuters: Britain will call for stronger economic sanctions on Iran at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday following the storming of its embassy in Tehran, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday.

Reuters: Iran said Britain’s decision to close the Iranian embassy in London on Wednesday was “hasty” and that it would lead to further retaliation, state TV reported, quoting a government spokesman.

swissinfo: Two young men have been arrested after they threw stones and explosives at the Iranian embassy in Bern on Wednesday.

Dutch News: The Netherlands has recalled its ambassador from Teheran to discuss Tuesday’s storming of the British embassy by protestors, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday evening.

Reuters: Britain will support an embargo on Iranian oil imports following the deterioration of relations between the two countries, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Wednesday, in an apparent reversal of its former position.

Reuters: South African petrochemicals group Sasol said on Wednesday it had entered talks to potentially divest from its operations in Iran, a move already flagged in October.