A convoy of British diplomats and guards was hit by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad today.
"An incident occurred this morning involving British embassy personnel travelling outside the International Zone," an embassy spokesman said. "There were no injuries."
Iraqi police sources said two people were hurt in the attack in the Mansour district. It is close to the International Zone, better known as the Green Zone, a fortified area that houses the British and US embassies and much of the Iraqi government.
Diplomats move around the rest of Baghdad only with heavy security.
Maintaining contacts with senior Iraqi politicians and officials, as well as other embassies, does mean travelling outside the Green Zone.
Four Russian embassy staff were kidnapped while out driving in May and later killed.
A number of Arab diplomats have also been attacked, including the Egyptian envoy to Baghdad, who was kidnapped and killed last year.