[Iran Press TV] Tehran Governor Morteza Tamaddon rejected foreign media reports indicating that the British Embassy has been taken over "No, no! Certainly not!"
and says such claims aim to create political tension.
He told IRNA on Wednesday that things are back to normal at the embassy and police have dealt with any behavior that is against the norms.
"On Tuesday, some students held a legal rally in front of the British Embassy to voice objection to the meddlesome and provocative measures taken by the British government [with regards to our] internal affairs," he added.
Tamaddon said that during the rally some of the student protesters entered the embassy compound but were immediately guided out of the embassy by police who restored calm to the embassy.
Hundreds of Iranian students staged a protest outside the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, pulling down the UK flag and demanding the expulsion of the British envoy. The protesters also waged another protest outside a second British diplomatic compound in northern Tehran.
Iran's Foreign Ministry expressed regret in a statement over the "unacceptable actions" of a number of protesters during the demonstrations in front of the British Embassy in Tehran.
The gathering was held following the approval of a bill aimed at downgrading ties with the UK by the Iran's Majlis, and in protest to Britannia's hostile policies towards the Islamic Theocratic
Republic.
The bill, which was also approved unanimously by Iran's Guardian Council (GC) on Monday, obliges the country's Foreign Ministry to expel Dominick John Chilcott within two weeks, thus reducing diplomatic ties with the UK government to the level of charge d'affaires.