In the UK and international media today, all outlets report on the storming of two UK compounds in Tehran by hard-line student protesters. The attack took place two days after Iran voted for a downgrading of Iranian-UK relations following the UK’s support for further sanctions. The Telegraph notes that Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Iran would face “serious consequences” due to the attack on the embassy, while UK Prime Minister David Cameron called the incident “outrageous and indefensible”. The Telegraph notes that the UN Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack. In other news, the Independent and Sky News note that Katyusha rockets were fired yesterday from southern Lebanon into Israel marking the first such incident since 2009. BBC Online notes that Lebanese President Michel Suleiman condemned the rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel that took place early on Tuesday. The Times reports that satellite imagery seen by the paper confirmed that a blast took place in the Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday. The Telegraph notes that Turkey has raised the idea for the first time to create a buffer zone inside Syria, as international pressure mounts on Damascus to stop internal violence taking place.

On the front pages of the Israeli papers today, the Jerusalem Post reports that the government is expected to release the $100 million in Palestinian tax revenues it is holding. The paper also reports that Iranian protesters stormed two UK compounds in Tehran yesterday, while Foreign Secretary William Hague warned of “serious consequences” following the attack. Israel Hayom reports on a dispute between Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz over defence budget cuts. Haaretz carries a picture of UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon inspecting a site where rockets were yesterday launched at Israel. The paper also leads with a story that the IDF has frozen the implementation of a report that called for full equality of service for men and women.

In other news, the papers note that Iceland became the first Western country to recognise a Palestinian state. The Jerusalem Post notes that UK Prime Minister David Cameron called the attack on the UK embassy in Tehran “outrageous and indefensible”. Haaretz reports that former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan said in a television interview last night that an Israeli strike on Iran will lead to a regional war. The paper also reports that the UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon will deploy additional troops and extra patrols in the area following the firing of four Katyusha rockets at Israel.