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situation is right now? reporter: well, the situation has calmed down a little bit right now. as you know, the british compounds were raided earlier today. there was the residence by british diplomats which was raided and the embassy in downtown tehran. now, the residence where the british employees work, order has been restored there. have i to tell you, six people at that embassy were taken hostage for several hours. but then they were released to the custody of the police and now they are in safety. but six british personnel were taken hostage for several hours at the residency in the north of tehran. but the main compound in downtown tehran where the the consular section is, there are still students in the embassy and the last report we have is that the chief of police from tehran has gone inside the embassy and is trying to reason with them to leave. now, these are very hard-line

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