Authorities are investigating an attack against the Iranian Embassy in London and the issue will be discussed in parliament on Sunday, according to a lawmaker.
Four people were arrested after they climbed on to a first-floor balcony of the embassy on Friday and waved flags in an apparent protest against the government in Tehran, Reuters reported.
They were detained on suspicion of causing criminal damage and being unlawfully on diplomatic premises, a spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said.
No one was hurt during the incident, and the four were arrested when they came down voluntarily after around three hours.
Kamal Dehqani, deputy chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told ISNA on Saturday that the matter will be reviewed at a session of the committee attended by deputy foreign ministers Abbas Araqchi and Gholamreza Ansari.
Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, the commission's spokesman, said details of the incident are being received from the country's diplomatic apparatus and will be studied, ICANA reported.
Iran's ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, tweeted on Friday that the assailants were advocates of a religious cult and had replaced Iran's national flag with that of their group.
The attackers had carried "sticks and machetes", he said, adding that all staff at the embassy were safe.
***Official Apology
ISNA quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying on Friday that Araqchi had protested about the incident to the British ambassador in Tehran.
The deputy foreign minister called on British security forces to ensure the safety of Iranian diplomats, Bahram Qasemi said.
According to the spokesman, the British ambassador has "officially apologized" for the incident. Qasemi also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
Images posted on social media showed four men in black attire on the balcony of the embassy, waving a blue and white flag.
***Police Performance
Government Spokesman Mohammed Baqer Nobakht on Saturday criticized the performance of the London police, pledging a "firm response" to the incident.
"The fact that some armed individuals illegally entered a place which should be protected by the host country under international norms, only to be dealt with by police after several hours, shows that they did not observe the law."
In 1980, six gunmen who supported a dissident Iranian group took over the Iranian Embassy in London, taking more than two dozen hostages.
After a six-day siege, British commandos raided the building, killing five of the gunmen, according to AFP.
In 2011, protesters ransacked the British Embassy in Iran, an attack Tehran said was carried out by students angry at the European country's hostile policies toward the Islamic Republic.
Britain struck back, accusing Tehran of clear support for the attacks and expelled Iranian diplomats in London.
The embassy was reopened nearly four years later, marking the end of what was a low point in diplomacy between the two countries.
