The BlogBritish Embassy in Tehran 'Stormed' (Updated)8:34 AM, Nov 29, 2011
• By DANIEL HALPER
From a CBS/AP report:
Via Twitter, the British foreign office has responded: "We are outraged by this. It is utterly unacceptable and we condemn it." The Iranian state-run channel PressTV calls the attack a "rally outside [the] British embassy in Tehran." UPDATE: Here's the full statement from the British foreign office: “There has been a incursion by a significant number of demonstrators into our Embassy premises, including vandalism to our property. “This is a fluid situation and details are still emerging. “We are outraged by this. It is utterly unacceptable and we condemn it. The Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 15 Years of the Weekly Standard
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