UK orders closure of Iranian embassy in London

NexusFi · 2011-11-30T09:17:44-05:00

(Reuters) - Britain said Wednesday it had ordered the immediate closure of Iran's embassy in London and had closed its own embassy in Tehran after it was stormed by protesters. "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," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told parliament. "We have now closed the British …

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UK orders closure of Iranian embassy in London

November 30th, 2011, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
kbit Aurora, Il USA Elite Member Experience: Advanced Platform: TradeStation Trading: futures Posts: 5,854 since Nov 2010 Thanks Given: 3,295 Thanks Received: 3,364	(Reuters) - Britain said Wednesday it had ordered the immediate closure of Iran's embassy in London and had closed its own embassy in Tehran after it was stormed by protesters. "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," British Foreign Secretary William Hague told parliament. "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 [COLOR=#006e97]Iran[/COLOR]," he said.

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