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Large Disorderly Protest Reported Against Iran Regime at London Embassy, Police Reinforcements Called

Police stand guard outside the Iranian Embassy after a small group of protesters threw paint at the building in London, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. AP
Police stand guard outside the Iranian Embassy after a small group of protesters threw paint at the building in London, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. AP

Violent street protests erupted outside the Iranian embassy in London on Sunday, with rocks thrown at police and five protesters arrested.

Large crowds have been gathering all week outside the Knightsbridge compound in protest against the death in Iranian police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran. She had been arrested by Iran’s morality police for allegedly breaking headscarf rules and died on Sept. 16.

London’s Metropolitan Police said that “a substantial group” of the large crowd were “intent on causing disorder” and confirmed that reinforcements had been called in when protesters tried to break police lines and storm towards the embassy compound.

A number of police officers were injured in the skirmishes though none seriously, and some arrests were made for violent disorder.

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