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Iranian diplomats in Great Britain return to Iran with families

Politics Materials 2 December 2011 18:58 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian diplomats in Great Britain will fly from London to Iran, along with their families, IRIB news reported
Iranian diplomats in Great Britain return to Iran with families

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 2 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jaffarov/

Iranian diplomats in Great Britain will fly from London to Iran, along with their families, IRIB news reported.

Officials will fly via the Iran Air company, and they are reportedly getting ready for the flight.

Iran has organized a special welcoming program at the Imam Khomeini airport, to welcome the arriving diplomats.

On Tuesday, a group of protesters broke away from a crowd of a few hundred outside the main British embassy compound in Tehran, scaled the gates, broke the locks and went inside.

The group pulled down the British flag, burned it and put up the Iranian flag instead. Some took a framed picture of Queen Elizabeth.

Police appeared to have cleared the demonstrators from the front of the main embassy compound, but later clashed with protesters and fired tear gas to try to disperse them. Protesters nevertheless entered the compound a second time, before once again leaving.

The U.N. Security Council, Russia, China, the U.S. and some other countries condemned the attacks 'in the strongest terms'. U.S. President Barack Obama called on Iran to hold those responsible to account. The British government was not available to comment on the reported withdrawal of embassy staff from Iran.

The UK closed its embassy in Tehran and requested that Iran calls back its diplomats from the United Kingdom.

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