(Tehran) British embassy pelted in sailor standoff

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

British embassy pelted in sailor standoff

by Farhad Pouladi
22 minutes ago

TEHRAN (AFP) - Islamist students threw rocks and firecrackers at Britain's embassy
in Tehran on Sunday after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed "arrogant"
Britain over Iran's seizure of 15 British sailors.

The firecrackers exploded inside the embassy compound which was heavily guarded
by anti-riot police and scaffolding to keep protesters at bay, as both sides sought
a diplomatic solution to the standoff.

The students, who belong to the hardline Basij volunteer militia, chanted "Death
to Britain" and "Death to America" and demanded punishment for the sailors, seized
for alleged illegal entry into Iranian waters on March 23.

In the latest diplomatic salvo, Iranian media reported that Iran has formally
protested at what it called a "British shootout" around its consulate in the
southern Iraqi port city of Basra on Thursday.

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