British Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a meeting of the government crisis committee to discuss the attacks, which he said were "outrageous and indefensible".
"The failure of the Iranian government to defend British staff and property was a disgrace,abercrombie france," he said in a statement.
Another group of protesters broke into a second British compound at Qolhak in north Tehran,moncler, the IRNA state news agency said. Once the embassy's summer quarters,doudoune moncler, the sprawling, tree-lined compound is now used to house diplomatic staff.
An Iranian report said six British embassy staff had been briefly held by the protesters. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the situation had been "confusing" and that he would not have called them "hostages".
All embassy personnel were accounted for, a British diplomat told Reuters in Washington,louboutin pas cher, saying Britain did not believe that any sensitive materials had been seized.
"The Iranian government must recognise that there will be serious consequences for failing to protect our staff. We will consider what these measures should be in the coming days."
On Tuesday,abercrombie and fitch, Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran, smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London.
Police appeared to have cleared the demonstrators in front of the main embassy compound, but later clashed with protesters and fired tear gas to try to disperse them, Fars said. Protesters nevertheless entered the compound a second time, before once again leaving, it said.
"Radicals in Iran and in the West are always in favour of crisis ... Such radical hardliners in Iran will use the crisis to unite people and also to blame the crisis for the fading economy," said political analyst Hasan Sedghi.
TEHRAN - Britain said on Wednesday it had withdrawn some diplomatic staff from Tehran after protesters stormed and ransacked its embassy in the Iranian capital. 微电影
The attacks and hostage-taking were a reminder of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran carried out by radical students who held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The United States cut diplomatic ties with Iran after the hostage-taking.
Earlier, Western diplomatic sources in Tehran told Reuters that Britain had evacuated all its diplomatic staff from Iran.
The attacks occurred at a time of rising diplomatic tension between Iran and Western nations, which last week imposed fresh sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme that they believe is aimed at achieving the capability of making an atomic bomb.
A German school next to the Qolhak compound was also damaged, the German government said.
There have been regular protests outside the British embassy over the years since the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the US-backed shah,abercrombie, but never have any been so violent.
Demonstrators waved flags symbolising martyrdom and held aloft portraits of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has the final say on matters of state in Iran.
"The Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have made clear that ensuring the safety of our staff and their families is our immediate priority," the Foreign Office said in a statement. 微电影
"In light of yesterday's events,polo ralph lauren, and to ensure their ongoing safety,moncler, some staff are leaving Tehran."
Britain said it was outraged by the attacks and warned of "serious consequences". The UN Security Council condemned the attacks "in the strongest terms". US President Barack Obama called on Iran to hold those responsible to account.
Iran, the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, says it wants nuclear plants only for the generation of electricity.
The United States, alongside the European Union and many of its member states also strongly condemned the attacks.
Protesters pulled down the British flag, burned it and put up the Iranian flag, Iranian news agencies and news pictures showed. Inside, the demonstrators smashed windows of office and residential quarters and set a car ablaze, news pictures showed.
One took a framed picture of Queen Elizabeth, state TV showed. Others carried the royal crest out through the embassy gate as police stood by,ralph lauren, pictures carried by the semi-official Fars news agency showed.
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The embassy storming was also a sign of deepening political infighting within Iran's ruling hardline elites,ralph lauren pas cher, with the conservative-led parliament attempting to force the hand of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and expel the British ambassador.
"Police freed the six people working for the British embassy in Qolhak garden," Iran's Fars news agency said.
Several dozen protesters broke away from a crowd of a few hundred outside the main British embassy compound in Tehran, scaled the gates, broke the locks and went inside.
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