Overview
- The Metropolitan Police said objects were thrown at officers during Friday night’s unrest in South Kensington and that a Section 35 dispersal order was issued.
- A man who climbed across balconies to remove the embassy flag was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, trespass on diplomatic property and assaulting police.
- Four officers sustained minor injuries, and the London Ambulance Service said four people were taken to hospital.
- Protesters and a journalist accused officers of baton strikes and targeting media, with calls for an independent review of the policing response.
- The London demonstration formed part of diaspora actions linked to ongoing unrest in Iran, where US‑based rights monitors report thousands killed and mass detentions under an internet blackout.