Ambassadors leaving Tehran
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called its Ambassador to Iran to discuss the effects of the Tuesday attack on the British Embassy in Tehran, as mentioned in the ministry's press release.
Before that, Norway and Germany had also called their ambassadors to Tehran for security purposes. The UK has accused the Iranian authorities for not being able to maintain the diplomats' security. The official London has declared closing its embassy in Iran and has demanded that the Iranian Ambassador to London leave the country within 48 hours.
Iranian Foreign Ministry official Ramin Mehmanparast has made a statement in which he has viewed the Iranian students' attack on the British Embassy as a "primitive act" and has stated that the European countries' response "came quick".
"The actions that took place near the British Embassy in Tehran were unpredictable. The actions were a result of some Iranian citizens' anger caused by the UK's decision on applying sanctions against Iran. Thanks to the operative measures, no British diplomat was injured," as stated in the Iranian Foreign Ministry's statement.
Mehmanparast has also declared that those who attacked the embassy would definitely be brought to justice, "and the British government's quick actions will be followed by Iran's adequate steps".
On November 29, a group of Iranian students attacked the British Embassy building, ripped and burned the British flag and confiscated confidential documents.
