EU condemns storming of British embassy in Tehran

European Union foreign ministers denounced the storming of the British embassy in Tehran and warned that the EU was taking "appropriate" measures in response.

Iranian protesters stormed the British mission in Iran on Tuesday, prompting Britain to order the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from London.

The EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, expressed the Foreign Affairs Council's dismay at the Iranian action.

"The Council is outraged by the attack on the British embassy in Tehran and utterly condemns it. It is a violation of the Vienna Convention," Baroness Ashton said.