Swiss police used rubber bullets to break up a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in Bern after two men climbed over the fence and removed the Iranian flag.
The large crowd of protesters was dispersed after police used rubber bullets. Police in the Swiss capital said that the two protesters who entered the embassy were taken into custody.
Several other protesters tried to follow the two men who first entered the embassy's yard and then tried to get to the premises, and police used rubber bullets to stop them.
It wasn't clear if more people were taken into custody.
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets over the last two weeks in protests over the death of a young woman who was arrested by the morality police for wearing her headscarf too loose.
Thousands of protesters have gathered outside of Iran to demonstrate over the death of Amini. They are angry over the treatment of women in the Islamic republic.
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