While inside, they seized documents and set others alight, and took six embassy employees hostage. It was only much later that the crowd came under police control and the hostages were set free.
伊朗当局称，愤怒的“学生”自发地袭击了大使馆。而在进入了大使馆后，他们先查封了文件，然后烧掉了其他东西，还劫持了6名大使馆工作人员作为人质。警察控制住混乱的人群以及人质被释放则是很久以后才发生的事情。