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An '''embassy''' is an accredited diplomatic mission from one sovereign nation to another, and is now more commonly used to describe the institution carrying out such a function and the premises or buildings in which it is situated. The chief official of an embassy is the [[ambassador]]. Embassies are normally considered to have [[diplomatic immunity]], and the violation of this immunity by or with the connivance of the host government - as in the siege of the Embassy Quarter in [[Beijing]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] of 1900,  the storming and sacking of the [[British]] Embassy in [[Beijing]] by [[Red Guards]] in 1967, and the kidnapping of [[United States]] Embassy staff in [[Teheran]] by [[Revolutionary Guards]] in 1979-1980 - is considered a serious outrage.

An '''embassy''' is an accredited diplomatic mission from one sovereign nation to another, and is now more commonly used to describe the institution carrying out such a function and the premises or buildings in which it is situated. The chief official of an embassy is the [[ambassador]]. Embassies are normally considered to have [[diplomatic immunity]], and the violation of this immunity by or with the connivance of the host government - as in the siege of the Embassy Quarter in [[Beijing]] during the [[Boxer Rebellion]] of 1900,  the storming and sacking of the [[British]] Embassy in [[Beijing]] by the [[leftist|liberal]] [[Red Guards]] in 1967, and the kidnapping of [[United States]] Embassy staff in [[Teheran]] by [[Revolutionary Guards]] in 1979-1980 - is considered a serious outrage.

See also: [[High Commission]]

See also: [[High Commission]]

[[Category:International Politics]]

[[Category:International Politics]]

[[Category:Government]]

[[Category:Government]]