41.   At least on protester hit the security officer with a placard before he could enter the embassy compound.

42.   As a crowd quickly gathered, hundreds of police quickly cordoned off the embassy compound, blocking streets with barbed wire and mesh fences.

43.   Authorities used tear gas to disperse the crowd, which burned American flags and threw rocks and eggs over the high metal fence surrounding the embassy compound.

44.   But employees said there were no weapons inside the embassy compound and even the Pakistan security guards were unarmed.

45.   But Sims said fighting still sounded intense on Wednesday, outside the well-guarded embassy compound.

46.   But the atmosphere outside the former embassy compound in the heart of Tehran was more like a carnival than a political protest.

47.   Bweiz also said the United States has allowed several Lebanese who could not reach the Lebanese embassy to shelter at the U.S. embassy compound.

48.   Crowds quickly gathered outside the embassy compound, some hindering emergency workers, others trying to offer help.

49.   Dozens of police dressed in riot gear surrounded the embassy compound Monday afternoon.

50.   Earlier Saturday, security guards and riot police detained a handful of environmental activists after they breached a fence surrounding the U.S. embassy compound.