Four injured, one arrested after clashes between supporters and opponents of the Iranian government in London

LONDON — Four people were injured and one arrested when Iranian government supporters clashed with anti-government protesters at an event commemorating the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in London, British police said.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to “disturbances” at a venue in the west London borough of Wembley on Friday evening, where an event was being held to commemorate Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Protesters had gathered outside the venue and clashes broke out, police said.

Police said one person was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder. Four people were treated by paramedics for injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing.

Police urged those present to disperse and said Saturday that detectives would review social media footage and other evidence to determine whether further crimes had been committed.

Raisi, a pillar of Iran’s Islamist regime, died on Sunday along with the foreign minister and six others in an accident in the country’s mountainous northwest. He was buried on Thursday in Iran’s holiest Shiite temple.

Some Iranians living abroad have welcomed Raisi’s death. London is home to a large Iranian community, most of whom have left the country since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.