Protesters raid British missions in Tehran

IRANIAN protesters have stormed the British embassy and another British diplomatic compound in Tehran, raising tensions with the West in a confrontation over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.

More than 20 protesters clambered over the walls of the embassy in the centre of the capital, ransacking offices, smashing windows and tearing down the British flag before Iranian police stopped them.

In the second British diplomatic compound, in Tehran’s north, between 100 and 300 protesters burst in and occupied the property, which houses schools and residences, according to Iranian media.