Iranian demonstrators firebomb British Embassy
04/08/2006 - 17:11:18About 100 demonstrators threw stones and firebombs at the British Embassy in Tehran today, damaging the building but harming nobody.
They accused Britain and the US of being accomplices in Israel’s fight against Hezbollah.
Demonstrators also smashed some of the building’s windows as they called for its closure and the expulsion of the British ambassador.
Such demonstrations are common at times of heightened tensions in the Middle East or over Iran’s nuclear programme.
A British Foreign Office spokesman said nobody was harmed.
“Protesters were throwing bricks and at least one petrol bomb but everyone’s OK,” he said. “There was just some damage to perimeter of the embassy.”
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