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Mexico to Iran, why are attacks on embassies so controversial?

In Tehran, protesters burn representations of the British flag during their anti-Israeli gathering to condemn killing members of the IRGC in Syria [Vahid Salemi/AP]

Mexico and Ecuador are locked in a diplomatic spat after Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas.

Glas had been seeking political asylum in the Mexican embassy since December and was convicted twice of corruption.

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