UK police say they have arrested 13 other people in addition to a protester who climbed across multiple balconies onto a terrace at Iran’s embassy in London and removed a flag.
The man who removed the flag was held on suspicion of criminal damage, trespassing on diplomatic property and assaulting police, London’s Metropolitan Police say in a statement.
“A further 13 arrests were made for several offences, including violent disorder, assault of an emergency worker, criminal damage and trespass on diplomatic premises,” it says.
Four police officers suffered minor injuries during the incident on Friday, it adds.
London police said last week they were deploying additional officers to “prevent any disorder” and protect the Iranian embassy.
Last week, a protester briefly replaced the embassy’s flag with a former flag flown before Iran’s Islamic revolution in 1979.
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