Iranian diplomats expelled from Britain arrived home on Saturday to supporters bearing flowers and chanting "Death to England"

Iranian diplomats expelled from Britain arrived home on Saturday to supporters bearing flowers and chanting "Death to England".

Britain evacuated all diplomatic staff and closed its embassy in Tehran after it was stormed on Tuesday. France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands withdrew their ambassadors from Tehran in protest despite that Tehran quickly expressed regret for some protesters’ acts.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said was a spontaneous overflowing of anger during a student protest.

"Spy embassy closed for good," read one of the many placards carried by the crowd of some 100 men and women congregated at Imam Khomeini Airport.

Speaking to reporters at the airport, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast warned Britain's European Union partners not to allow the diplomatic row to worsen their own ties with Iran.

"The British government is trying to extend to other European countries the problem between the two of us, but of course we have told European countries not to subject their ties with us with the kind of problems that existed between Iran and Britain," he was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.