Four arrested after assault to Iran’s embassy on London

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News ID: 20353
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 11:19 - 10 March 2018
TEHRAN, March 10 - Four people were arrested in the wake of a sheer attack to the Iranian embassy in London on Friday.

TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The four were arrested being accused of causing criminal damage and being unlawfully on diplomatic premises, a spokeswoman for London’s Metropolitan Police reported.

Immediately after receiving news of the assault on Friday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi voiced Tehran's strong protest to Britain's ambassador to Tehran, he added.

The British ambassador, for his part, offered the British government's apology for the incident and said anti-riot police is present in the embassy compound and has brought the situation under control, Qassemi added.

A number of attackers on Friday scaled the wall of Iran's embassy building in London and took down the Iranian flag, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.

Confirming the assault, the Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said the assailants were carrying knives and sticks and chanted slogans against Iranian officials.

Source: Reuters, Press TV, IRNA

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