Danes in Iran

The cartoon conflagration grows.

A crowd of about 400 demonstrators threw petrol bombs at the Danish embassy in Tehran and tried to break into it on Monday night in a protest over the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.

To chants of "God is Greatest" and "Death to America" the crowd tried to break down the metal gate entrance to the embassy, which sits behind a high wall in a residential district of northern Tehran, a Reuters correspondent said.

Riot police fired teargas to disperse the crowd but at least three protesters managed to scale the barbed-wire topped wall and get into the compound.

Good to see that the police are trying to manage the situation.

The embassy had been evacuated ahead of the pre-announced protest organised by the Basij, a volunteer militia affiliated to Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards.

Of course, an ounce of prevention would have gone a long way here. I can't imagine why you would evacuate a building if it was only going to be a protest.

Jihad Posted by AlexC at February 6, 2006 5:42 PM