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(12 Jan 2020) Dozens of hard-liners gathered outside the British Embassy in Tehran on Sunday, chanting "Death to England" and calling for the ambassador to be expelled and for the closure of the embassy after the British ambassador was briefly arrested on Saturday.
British ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, attended a candlelight ceremony late Saturday in Tehran in honour of the victims of the downed Ukraine passenger plane.
The vigil turned into a protest, with hundreds of people chanting against the country's leaders — including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — and police dispersing them with tear gas.
Police briefly detained the ambassador, who said he went with the intention of attending the vigil and did not know it would turn into a protest.
Protesters on Sunday burned British and Israeli flags outside the embassy building while anti-riot police heavily guarded it.
Britain said its envoy was detained "without grounds or explanation" and in "flagrant violation of international law."
Iran's Foreign Ministry later summoned the British ambassador over his "illegal and inappropriate presence" at the protest, it said on its Telegram channel.

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