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Rome Summons Iran's Charge d'Affaires over Mission Attack
[An Nahar] Iran's charge d'affaires in Rome, Mehdi Akouchekian, was on Thursday summoned by Italia's foreign ministry following the "intolerable" attack by protesters on Britannia's embassy in Tehran.

The Italian government expressed its "strong condemnation" of the "violent and intolerable" attack and stressed its "solidarity with the British government," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"Italia will evaluate, along with other European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
countries, how to react to make sure such an episode will not happen again," it said.

Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Wednesday that he was considering closing the Italian embassy in Tehran.

"Italia expects from Iran strong and clear guarantees on respecting the fundamental principles of sanctity of diplomatic-consular representatives," the statement said.

Akouchekian expressed Iran's "regret" for the protesters' "unacceptable behavior" and assured Italia that "urgent and necessary measures will be adopted."

He assured the foreign ministry of Iran's "commitment to protect and safeguard the diplomatic and consular offices in Tehran."

Britannia's mission was attacked on Tuesday by protesters angry over new British sanctions against Iran's financial system that followed a recent U.N. report containing evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.


Posted by: Fred 2011-12-02
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