Iran

Four men armed with batons and daggers entered the Iranian embassy in London Friday afternoon and replaced the Iranian flag with the flag of a group called Khoddam al-Mahdi (Servants of Mahdi).

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reacted to an upsurge in labor unrest by labeling it a plot backed by the country’s enemies, echoing his response to anti-government protests last month.