Protester replaces Islamic Republic flag with shah-era banner at Iran’s London embassy |
A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with the country’s former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration in the UK capital Saturday.
The demonstration was in support of the mass anti-regime protests that have taken over Iran in recent weeks, as the Islamic Republic has intensified its crackdown on dissent amid a nationwide internet blackout.
A video posted to social media showed a man on the balcony of the embassy, near Hyde Park, replacing the country’s current flag with the one used during the rule of the ousted shah to cheers from hundreds of demonstrators below.
The old tri-colored flag with a lion and sun — used in Iran before the Islamic Revolution — stayed in place for several minutes before being removed, witnesses on site told AFP.
London police, in an online post, said they had arrested two people, “one for aggravated trespass and assault on an emergency worker and one for aggravated trespass” and they were seeking another individual for “trespass.”
Police said that after the flag incident........