Stones, petrol bombs thrown in demo outside British embassy in Iran

[maddezmom]

TEHRAN (AFP) - Hundreds of members of Iran's hardline Basij militia rallied outside the British embassy in protest at Britain's military deployment in Iraq (news - web sites), throwing stones and petrol bombs at the already damaged compound in Tehran.


But the some 400 male and female members of the militia's student wing, a volunteer branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, were prevented from getting too close to the embassy walls and main gate by dozens of anti-riot police.


The demonstrators chanted slogans calling for the expulsion of Britain's ambassador, Richard Dalton, and for the embassy to be shut down. They also demanded a boycott of British goods and a halt in trade with London.


After torching British, American and Israeli flags, some demonstrators threw stones at the embassy.

more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041129/wl_mideast_afp/iran_britain_iraq_demo&cid=1514&ncid=1480

[Benhurst]

1. Obviously flowers are in short supply. n/t