British embassy staff evacuated from Tehran to Dubai

The UK is evacuating its diplomatic staff from Iran following the storming of its embassy by Iranian protesters the day before, AFP reported.

The first group of embassy employees is at the Tehran airport fly to Dubai, one European diplomat said. He added the British diplomats had spent the night in the security of various E.U. embassies, notably the French mission.

The evacuation was decided a day after protesters stormed and ransacked its embassy and a residential compound. On Nov. 29, group of protesters broke away from a crowd of a few hundred outside the main British embassy compound in Tehran, scaled the gates, broke the locks and went inside. Protesters pulled down the British flag, burned it and put up the Iranian flag instead. Some took a framed picture of Queen Elizabeth.


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