The British School of Tehran (BST) was a British international school in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, Iran. The British and Dutch embassies in Tehran jointly established the school in 2000.Ya'ar, Chana.
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'' (Israel National News). 12 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2015. During its life, the

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only permitted non-Iranian students to attend; students came from 32 countries as of 2010. Admissions priority was given to British and Dutch children. It closed indefinitely after the

2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran The 2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran was a mob action on 29 November 2011 by a crowd of Iranian protesters who stormed the embassy and another British diplomatic compound in Tehran, Iran, ransacking offices and stealing documents. One ...

. The school board of trustees voted to have the school disestablished, with the end date being 31 December 2011. The

German Embassy School Tehran The German Embassy School Tehran (german: Deutsche Botschaftsschule Teheran, DBST) is a German international school in Tehran which was founded in 1980 as a successor to the German School Tehran, which was once the largest German school abroad. Th ...

(DBST) acquired the assets of the BST and established an international section in the former BST buildings. At the end of the school's life it had 117 students.To the Friends, Staff, Parents and Children of the British School, Tehran
" (). British School of Tehran. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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