On 24 August 1981, a group of thirty-three Iranian exile students stormed into and occupied the embassy in protest of extrajudicial executions and violence in Iran. Earlier during the summer, under the rule of Mohammad-Ali Rajai, about 700 extrajudicial executions had been carried out in Iran.Шаблон:Cn Later the same day, Swedish police forces stormed the building to release the then ambassador of Iran to Sweden, Abdel Rahmin Gahavi, his wife, and a servant who had been taken hostage. The protestors were arrested and taken to the Kronoberg Remand Prison in Stockholm, where twenty-nine of them were later detained in custody pending trial.Шаблон:Cn
On 26 June 2009, in the wake of the 2009 Iranian election protests, about 150 people gathered outside the embassy to protest against the Iranian regime.[2] Some of the protesters managed to enter the embassy building, where they engaged in fighting with the embassy's personnel.[2] According to the police, one member of the embassy staff was injured in the clashes.[2] A few of the other protesters and a policeman were also injured.[2][3] The police evicted the demonstrators, arresting one.[2]
