Photos: Mob storms the British Embassy in Tehran
Several Iranian protesters stormed the British Embassy in Tehran, removing the mission's flag and ransacking offices.
Iranian riot policemen try to prevent protesters from approaching the British embassy during a protest in Tehran on November 29, 2011. More than 20 Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran, removing the mission's flag and ransacking offices.ATTA KENARE
A protester walks with a poster from the British embassy in Tehran.Stringer/Iran/Reuters
A cleric spray paints graffiti inside the British embassy compound in Tehran.Stringer/Iran/Reuters
An Iranian hard-line protester runs inside the British Embassy as a diplomatic vehicle is set on fire by demonstrators who stormed the embassy in Tehran.Vahid Salemi/AP
Iranian protesters burn the British flag outside the embassy in Tehran on November 29, 2011.Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Iranian protesters (R) wave a flag that reads "Oh Hussein", refering to the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, as they stand on the wall of the British embassy in Tehran on November 29, 2011.Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Police chase protesters as they enter the gate of the British embassy in Tehran November 29, 2011.Stringer/Iran/Reuters
Protesters walk in the British embassy compound as an embassy car burns in Tehran November 29, 2011.Stringer/Iran/Reuters
A protesters removes the emblem of the British embassy in Tehran.Stringer/Iran/Reuters