Iran protesters storm UK embassy in Tehran

Paddy Samurai

Protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have broken into the UK embassy compound during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain.
Militant students are said to have removed the British flag, burnt it and replaced it with Iran's flag. State TV showed youths smashing embassy windows.
The move comes after Iran resolved to reduce ties following the UK's decision to impose further sanctions on it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15936213

I would'nt say this happened unless they got the ok from the Iranian Government.
Probably they were after documents etc,to see what intelligence they could grab.What Iranians are working for british intelligence,intelligence on Iranian nuclear etc

Biggins

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15936213

I would'nt say this happened unless they got the ok from the Iranian Government.
Probably they were after documents etc,to see what intelligence they could grab.What Iranians are working for british intelligence,intelligence on Iranian nuclear etc

This will not end well.

TeddyTedson

Fecking politics. It's like a repetitive TV series that doesn't end and can't come up with any new material so they just keep doing the same storylines.

Latchy

Deja Vu ...we have been here before.

Fratton Fred

Good job the Americans have gone. An invasion of their embassy would have resulted in lots of dead bodies.

SEPT 23 1989

Economic Depression then a World War

Latchy

The US Embassy evacuation in Saigon 1975 was good craic .

eyescreamcone

Maybe Gilmore was just using the Vatican Embassy closure as a smokescreen to get us out of that sh1thole.

If so well done that man


As for Iran - about time they got a proper spanking!!!
They could be described as being very brave or very stoopid!!!

bullpost

And the soundtrack to this one is :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKdAVYKYZfo

RichieC

According to the BBC the iran police are using tear gas on them. So qhy assume they have the go ahead of the Gov?

Thats it..mindless bias

Freddie59

RichieC wrote: »

According to the BBC the iran police are using tear gas on them. So qhy assume they have the go ahead of the Gov?

Thats it..mindless bias

Not really Richie. The Iranian Government are a bunch of fundamentalist thugs who covertly condone this shyte. They've been doing it for years. Another soft target for Ahmedinejad and his bully-boys. Pricks.

Dionysus

Send your messages of support to:

British Embassy,
Bobby Sands Street (formerly Winston Churchill Street),
Tehran,
Iran.

dj jarvis

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15936213

I would'nt say this happened unless they got the ok from the Iranian Government.
Probably they were after documents etc,to see what intelligence they could grab.What Iranians are working for british intelligence,intelligence on Iranian nuclear etc

the british are a lot of things but not stupid - nothing of any worth will have been within a mile of the embassy

they knew that they were in hostile territory and would never had kept anything useful should the embassy be attacked - but i do agree
this was state sanctioned - but i think iran will regret it
its closest ally is Syria and as we know its a but busy with its own troubles to help iran

steps in Israel and takes out the nuke facility - no one will care much with all that is going on in the mid east and the cash crisis in europe, it might not be the **** storm that i could be

RichieC

Freddie59 wrote: »

RichieC wrote: »

According to the BBC the iran police are using tear gas on them. So qhy assume they have the go ahead of the Gov?

Thats it..mindless bias

Not really Richie. The Iranian Government are a bunch of fundamentalist thugs who covertly condone this shyte. They've been doing it for years. Another soft target for Ahmedinejad and his bully-boys. Pricks.

No more self interested than perpetual war USA.

Not all in the gov are fundies eirher. Which the us has no shortage of themselves.

Einhard

RichieC wrote: »

According to the BBC the iran police are using tear gas on them. So qhy assume they have the go ahead of the Gov?

Thats it..mindless bias

Probably because the Iranian state have a highly efficient security apparatus including secret police and paramilitary organisations who generally have an idea of any mooted protests before they begin. The idea that a bunch of people just got it into their heads to storm the British embassy a week after Iran downgraded the diplomatic relationship between the two countries, and that the Iranian elites had no idea of this is a bit naive to be honest. To suspect some official involvement isn't mindless, it's based on an objective reading of the situation and a basic understanding of the political situation in Iran.

PS: Just to note that after the recent storming of the Turkish embassy in Damascus, Turkey accused Syria of facilitating the attack. There weren't accusations of mindless bias on Turkey's at the time, so why the same accusations now? Why were Turkey's accusations reasonable, yet the same concerns re Iran mindless bias?

RichieC

Protesters dispersed according to iranian media via bbc tweet.

Fratton Fred

Dionysus wrote: »

Send your messages of support to:

British Embassy,
Bobby Sands Street (formerly Winston Churchill Street),
Tehran,
Iran.

I'm sure Bobby would be proud to have his name honoured by such a fair, democratic and open regime.

Still, its a chance to "Stick it to da Brits".

Joshua Jones

American talking to an Arab:

American: Hey whats the problem with you guys. You all hate America and democracy. Why dont you all fight under the same flag or something.

Arab: We do. It's the same as your flag only it's on fire.

Siuin

Apparently they looted a portrait of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
































*fap fap fap*

Biggins

RichieC wrote: »

According to the BBC the iran police are using tear gas on them. So qhy assume they have the go ahead of the Gov?

Thats it..mindless bias

New York Times is currently saying it appears to be officially sanctioned.
The police possibly being sent in afterwards as a show.

twinytwo

dj jarvis wrote: »

the british are a lot of things but not stupid - nothing of any worth will have been within a mile of the embassy

they knew that they were in hostile territory and would never had kept anything useful should the embassy be attacked - but i do agree
this was state sanctioned - but i think iran will regret it
its closest ally is Syria and as we know its a but busy with its own troubles to help iran

steps in Israel and takes out the nuke facility - no one will care much with all that is going on in the mid east and the cash crisis in europe, it might not be the **** storm that i could be

Debatable....

RichieC

pinch of salt with anything coming from the yanks and iranians.

dj jarvis

twinytwo wrote: »

Debatable....

not really - not on this point anyway
like them or not, they have one of the best secret services in the world
and they would not have made the beginners mistake of having sensitive intel on hostile soil


as i said they just are not that stupid - in fact, no sovereign nation worth its salt would be that stupid

Biggins

RichieC wrote: »

pinch of salt with anything coming from the yanks and iranians.

True that we have to be sceptical of both sides but in any country where current events are happening or have happened, it wouldn't be the first time that police have stood back for a time, while organised groups have gone ahead and invaded such places.
The last one was in Libya I think where similar happened.

Every major Embassy from a foreign country is guarded to some degree by the state's police (even army) its resident in. Its expected and is protocol.
So for them in the latest case of Iran, to allow it just to happen freely, is suspicious in itself.

dj jarvis wrote: »

...no sovereign nation worth its salt would be that stupid

In all my years, I have seen MANY a country do many a stupid thing to another one!

ejmaztec

Siuin wrote: »

Apparently they looted a portrait of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II
































*fap fap fap*

The Irish Times had a photo of someone carrying a huge Pulp Fiction cinema poster away from the scene as well. It's probably now on Ebay.ir

ejmaztec

dj jarvis wrote: »

not really - not on this point anyway
like them or not, they have one of the best secret services in the world
and they would not have made the beginners mistake of having sensitive intel on hostile soil


as i said they just are not that stupid - in fact, no sovereign nation worth its salt would be that stupid

The Americans did exactly that when they did a runner from Saigon, leaving behind filing cabinets full of classified info on the Vietnamese working for the CIA etc.. Needless to say, these people were the first ones to be rounded up by the new regime.

The Iranian government are dealing with it fast because they don't want the SAS to make a show of them.

twinytwo

dj jarvis wrote: »

not really - not on this point anyway
like them or not, they have one of the best secret services in the world
and they would not have made the beginners mistake of having sensitive intel on hostile soil


as i said they just are not that stupid - in fact, no sovereign nation worth its salt would be that stupid

And you know all of this from your vast experience with MI5/MI6 i take....

Completionist

dj jarvis wrote: »

the british are a lot of things but not stupid - nothing of any worth will have been within a mile of the embassy

they knew that they were in hostile territory and would never had kept anything useful should the embassy be attacked - but i do agree
this was state sanctioned - but i think iran will regret it
its closest ally is Syria and as we know its a but busy with its own troubles to help iran

steps in Israel and takes out the nuke facility - no one will care much with all that is going on in the mid east and the cash crisis in europe, it might not be the **** storm that i could be

China would disagree with you :rolleyes:

They are willing to start a third world war over protecting Iran.

Siuin

ejmaztec wrote: »

The Irish Times had a photo of someone carrying a huge Pulp Fiction cinema poster away from the scene as well. It's probably now on Ebay.ir

Lol! Saw that one :P Makes you wonder what they were up to in the Embassy...
Interesting interpretation of American culture...!

Biggins

ejmaztec wrote: »

The Americans did exactly that when they did a runner from Saigon, leaving behind filing cabinets full of classified info on the Vietnamese working for the CIA etc.. Needless to say, these people were the first ones to be rounded up by the new regime.

When the Vietnam war ended and the Americans were pulling out of Saigon all the Vietnamese agents documents were shredded and a person responsible was supposed to burn them in an incinerator. The person was lazy and just left them outside by the rubbish bins. The Vietcong found the bags - gave a team of people the task of piecing them all together. It took some time to accomplish, and they succeeded. The Vietcong then went and arrested all the hundreds of agents and all were executed.

North Vietnamese intelligence officials scoured the Embassy shortly after taking Saigon, they apparently were able to piece together classified documents that had been shredded but not burnt and used these to track down South Vietnamese employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Embassy,_Saigon#Fall_of_Saigon_and_Operation_Frequent_Wind

http://www.enotes.com/topic/United_States_Embassy,_Saigon

ejmaztec

twinytwo wrote: »

And you know all of this from your vast experience with MI5/MI6 i take....

They only leave laptops in the backs of London cabs, or on London buses, and wouldn't do that in Tehran.

Amirani

Iran don't know what they're getting themselves into.

ejmaztec

Biggins wrote: »

When the Vietnam war ended and the Americans were pulling out of Saigon all the Vietnamese agents documents were shredded and a person responsible was supposed to burn them in an incinerator. The person was lazy and just left them outside by the rubbish bins. The Vietcong found the bags - gave a team of people the task of piecing them all together. It took some time to accomplish, and they succeeded. The Vietcong then went and arrested all the hundreds of agents and all were executed.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Embassy,_Saigon#Fall_of_Saigon_and_Operation_Frequent_Wind

http://www.enotes.com/topic/United_States_Embassy,_Saigon

I must have heard the "Americans screwed up and didn't give a toss" version.

dj jarvis

Completionist wrote: »

China would disagree with you :rolleyes:

They are willing to start a third world war over protecting Iran.

link please ?

china is not starting anything with anyone in the west
do you honestly believe china would attack America or the uk seeing it has 1 trillion plus of their bonds ??? they would have to right off this in a instant
along with the fact that the west buys most of the crap they produce

and in fairness how is china going to defend iran ???
no long range air capability - 1 air craft carrier ( a rusting ex soviet junker ) that is not even sea worthy as it is being re fit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_by_country#China

so last option open to them is over land or nukes - do you REALLY think china are going to risk ALL of the above for iran ????


go to google and check out what military capability china has for long range attacks - little or none

whereas NATO has plenty - and plenty of practice

china has a huge military - problem is it cant move far or fast

they would bang tables and that is all - russia the same
sanctions and that will be it

dj jarvis

twinytwo wrote: »

And you know all of this from your vast experience with MI5/MI6 i take....

yes how did you know , crap my cover is blown !!!!

look, people can bring up " laptop on buses " or " left it in starbucks " but that was on HOME soil - totally different to a embassy in a hostile nation.

so your telling me the brits ( or ANY government ) declared 3 days earlier that they were breaking off diplomatic relations and did not clear the building weeks before of any sensitive material ??? really - you believe that ??

as for how i know this? well i have read some on secret services ( last one was about the irish armys secret service , G2 in defense of ireland - irish military intelligence 1918 -45 by maurice walsh )

so it could be down to informing myself or it could just be common sense
you decide

Paddy Samurai

Looks like the British have responded.
No messing with the brits,Iranian embassy to be closed.

The UK is to expel all Iranian diplomats following the storming of its embassy in Tehran, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced.He said he had ordered the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628

Fratton Fred

Now would be a good time to cancel the sale of the Harriers and wipe the dust off the aircraft carriers.

Unless the French were serious about the time share agreement on the Charles De Gaulle.

Stiffler2

middle east at it again as usual.
I'd drop a nuke in the centre of the middle east

problem solved

MagicMarker

Stiffler2 wrote: »

middle east at it again as usual.
I'd drop a nuke in the centre of the middle east

problem solved

What would you do once you've dropped it? And why would you be in the middle of Iran?

ejmaztec

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Now would be a good time to cancel the sale of the Harriers and wipe the dust off the aircraft carriers.

Unless the French were serious about the time share agreement on the Charles De Gaulle.

They might be better persuading Captain Pugwash to come out of retirement, I'm sure he's in the RNVR, and his ship's still better than what the French have got..

Biggins

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Looks like the British have responded.
No messing with the brits,Iranian embassy to be closed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15966628

Any British person in their right mind, had better get out of Iran if they are still there.
Just to be on the safe side for a while.

Fratton Fred

ejmaztec wrote: »

They might be better persuading Captain Pugwash to come out of retirement, I'm sure he's in the RNVR, and his ship's still better than what the French have got..

And less likely to run away......

RichieC

Stiffler2 wrote: »

middle east at it again as usual.
I'd drop a nuke in the centre of the middle east

problem solved

What size do you think nuclear explosions are?

ejmaztec

Fratton Fred wrote: »

And less likely to run away......

The French would only get as far as Trafalgar, and the flashbacks would finish them off.

sensibleken

About time there was another war. Tele has been crap lately

Herrick

sensibleken wrote: »

About time there was another war. Tele has been crap lately

Might get a few decent war films out of it in few years too :pac:

Biggins

Herrick wrote: »

Might get a few decent war films out of it in few years too :pac:

...Not to mention more TV series too?

stevedublin

sensibleken wrote: »

About time there was another war. Tele has been crap lately

First world problem.

Saila

the ironing is delicious

Freddie59

RichieC wrote: »

No more self interested than perpetual war USA.

Not all in the gov are fundies eirher. Which the us has no shortage of themselves.

Iran is no USA - thankfully. Nazis with frocks.