According to news agency Reuters, the UK has today announced the evacuation. A day earlier, the mass in Tehran stormed the British Embassy building as an expression of their anger over the economic sanctions imposed on Iran London.
"Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the priority should be done immediately is to ensure the safety of our staff and their families," the statement the Foreign Office.
"Regarding the events yesterday, and to ensure their safety persist, some staff had left Tehran," said British Foreign Ministry. Previously, anonymous sources from the environment of Western countries diplomats in Iran revealed that Britain evacuate all staff from Iran.
On Tuesday, the first mass demonstration against the economic sanctions on Iran from London stormed the British Embassy. They smashed windows at the same time building a car and burn the national flag of England. Attacks on property owned by the British Embassy also took place in Qolhak, located in north Tehran.
Indicates that the attack was more renggangnya relations between Iran and Western countries. A number of countries like the U.S., Britain and France last week imposed new sanctions on Iran.
For them, it is necessary to apply economic sanctions after reports of a team of UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) that Iran has a nuclear process that can be used as a weapon. Iran repeatedly denied making an atomic bomb. According to Iran, that they develop nuclear energy sources for electricity.
British prime minister, David Cameron, expressing his anger. "The failure of the Iranian government to protect the British Embassy staff and the property is a shameful thing," Cameron said.
0 comments:
Post a Comment