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'Nine' British embassy staff arrested in Iran - some released
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by mudricky | June 28, 2009 at 03:08 am
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Up to nine British embassy staff have been arrested in Iran, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said, but some have been released.
It is unclear right now if there are any more than nine arrested and how many have been released.
The embassy staff have been accused of having a role in post-election riots but the Foreign Secretary said the arrests were "harassment" from Iran that the allegations were baseless.
Miliband said at an international conference in Corfu: "This is harassment and intimidation of a kind that is quite unacceptable, we want to see (them) released unharmed."
Some 17 people are thought to have died in street protests after the disputed 12 June presidential poll.Tehran has expelled two British diplomats in the past week, and the UK has responded with a similar measure.
There is no independent confirmation of the latest arrests.
"Eight local employees at the British embassy who had a considerable role in recent unrest were taken into custody," Fars said, without giving a source.
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at 04:20 on June 28th, 2009
Thanks for this Ricky.
at 08:32 on June 28th, 2009
Hundreds have died. Iran body count.
at 08:36 on June 28th, 2009
Thanks for this Rene. An interesting website.
at 12:53 on June 28th, 2009
Yeah, thanks it is intresting.
at 12:51 on June 28th, 2009
It's very sad. blogger was overwhelmed by the numbers of dead reported.