Dozens of young Iranian men entered buildings inside the British embassy compound in Tehran on Tuesday, throwing rocks, Molotov cocktails and burning documents looted from offices.
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Protestors walk in the compound of the British embassy in Tehran.
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Protesters attempt to tear up a British flag that they had removed at the British embassy in Tehran.
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An Iranian flag flutters on the flag pole of the British Embassy after hard-line protesters removed the British flag after storming the embassy in Tehran.
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An Iranian cleric chants slogans, as a protester holds two bottles of San Pellegrino water inside the British Embassy where hard-line protesters stormed in Tehran.
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Iranian protesters break the windows of a British embassy building in Tehran.
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A protester walks with a poster from the British embassy in Tehran.
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Iranian protesters break the windows of a British embassy building in Tehran.
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A protester removes the emblem of the British embassy in Tehran, as hundreds of Iranian men entered buildings inside the British embassy compound, throwing rocks and burning documents looted from offices.
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Iranian protesters burn the British flag outside the embassy in Tehran.
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Iranian protesters 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.
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Hundreds of Iranian students break into the British embassy in Tehran. The student protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran and removed the flag. The students climbed over the wall and entered the embassy compound, where they started a fire and removed the Union Jack, despite the presence of riot police.
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Hundreds of Iranian students break into the British embassy in Tehran. The protesters climbed over the wall and entered the embassy compound.
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Hundreds of Iranian students break into the British embassy in Tehran, where they started a fire and removed the Union Jack, despite the presence of riot police.
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Iranian riot police try to prevent hardline students from approaching the British embassy during a protest in Tehran.
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A man holds a poster featuring American actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in a scene from the film ‘Pulp Fiction’ following a break in at the British Embassy during an anti-British demonstration in the Iranian capital in Tehran.
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Police chase protesters as they enter the gate of the British embassy in Tehran.
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