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Britain
UK orders all Iranian diplomats out in 48 hours
2011-11-30
William Hague has demanded the immediate closure of the Iranian Embassy in London and ordered all its staff to leave the country in retaliation for an attack on the British Embassy in Tehran. The Foreign Secretary has given the Iranian diplomats just 48 hours to get out the UK, he told the Commons today.

It comes after hardline protesters stormed the British Embassy in Iran yesterday and tried to take staff hostage. All British staff have been safely evacuated, Mr Hague said.

Today Mr Hague told parliament: 'The Iranian charge (d'affaires) in London is being informed now that we require the immediate closure of the Iranian embassy in London and that all Iranian diplomatic staff must leave the United Kingdom within the next 48 hours. We have now closed the British embassy in Tehran. We have decided to evacuate all our staff and as of the last few minutes, the last of our UK-based staff have now left Iran.'

Today the speaker of Iran's parliament criticised the UN Security Council over its condemnation of the embassy in Tehran and said the resolution, passed unanimously on Wednesday, put global security at risk.'The hasty move in the Security Council in condemning the students' actions was done to cover up previous crimes of America and Britain while the police did all they could to keep the peace,' Ali Larijani told parliament in an address broadcast live on state radio. 'This devious action will lead to instability in global security,' he said.
So, how many of the 'students' have been arrested for their actions, Mr. Larijani? Isn't that what a thug state generally does when 'students' act contrary to the wishes of the regime?
Today Mr Hague also announced that Iranian ambassadors had been summoned in countries across Europe to receive strong protests over the storming of the British embassy. 'If any country makes it impossible for us to operate on their soil they cannot expect to have a functioning embassy here,' Mr Hague said. 'This does not amount to the severing of diplomatic relations in their entirety. It is action that reduces our relations with Iran to the lowest level consistent with the maintenance of diplomatic relations,' he added.

Hague said it was 'fanciful' to think the Iranian authorities could not have protected the British embassy, or that the assault could have taken place without 'some degree of regime consent'.
Posted by:tu3031

#1  Other Euros repor may follow Britain's lead.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-30 19:36  

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