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Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Iran summons British envoy over ‘baseless' allegations of interference
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador over what it described as 'baseless' accusations by U.K. officials against the government, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Friday. IRNA said the ministry summoned Hugo Shorter, the British ambassador to Tehran, in response to the repeated baseless accusations by senior British officials and the allegation that Iran is attempting to interfere in the UK's internal affairs. Iran's formal protest was conveyed to him, IRNA said. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. On Tuesday, U.K. Security Minister Dan Jarvis announced that Britain will place the whole of the Iranian state – including Iran's intelligence services and the Revolutionary Guards — on the highest level on its foreign influence watchlist. In a statement to Parliament, Jarvis said direct action by Iran against UK targets 'has substantially increased over recent years," and the Iranian government was targeting journalists, dissidents and Jewish and Israeli people. In October, the head of the British domestic intelligence agency MI5 said it and its police partners had responded to 20 Iran-backed plots since January 2022. The plots represented potentially lethal threats to British citizens and UK residents, Ken McCallum said. According to the IRNA report, Iran emphasized that the hostile stance of British officials and the unfounded claims against Iran contradict international law and diplomatic norms. The ministry also warned that such actions would further deepen the Iranian people's distrust of British policies toward Iran and the West Asia region. The British ambassador stated that he would convey the message to his government, IRNA reported.
Associated Press
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Iran summons British envoy over ‘baseless' allegations of interference
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador over what it described as 'baseless' accusations by U.K. officials against the government, Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Friday. IRNA said the ministry summoned Hugo Shorter, the British ambassador to Tehran, in response to the repeated baseless accusations by senior British officials and the allegation that Iran is attempting to interfere in the UK's internal affairs. Iran's formal protest was conveyed to him, IRNA said. On Tuesday, U.K. Security Minister Dan Jarvis announced that Britain will place the whole of the Iranian state – including Iran's intelligence services and the Revolutionary Guards — on the highest level on its foreign influence watchlist. In a statement to Parliament, Jarvis said direct action by Iran against UK targets 'has substantially increased over recent years,' and the Iranian government was targeting journalists, dissidents and Jewish and Israeli people. In October, the head of the British domestic intelligence agency MI5 said it and its police partners had responded to 20 Iran-backed plots since January 2022. The plots represented potentially lethal threats to British citizens and UK residents, Ken McCallum said. According to the IRNA report, Iran emphasized that the hostile stance of British officials and the unfounded claims against Iran contradict international law and diplomatic norms. The ministry also warned that such actions would further deepen the Iranian people's distrust of British policies toward Iran and the West Asia region. The British ambassador stated that he would convey the message to his government, IRNA reported.
Washington Post
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
British ambassador to Iran meets two Britons detained on security-related charges
TEHRAN, Iran — The British ambassador to Iran met with two Britons — a man and a woman — being held in Iran on security-related charges, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report late Wednesday said Ambassador Hugo Shorter met the two in the southern Iranian city of Kerman and in the presence of officials from the justice department and the governor's office.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
British ambassador to Iran meets two Britons detained on security-related charges
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The British ambassador to Iran met with two Britons — a man and a woman — being held in Iran on security-related charges, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report late Wednesday said Ambassador Hugo Shorter met the two in the southern Iranian city of Kerman and in the presence of officials from the justice department and the governor's office. The report neither identifies them nor elaborates on the time or place of their detention, though it calls them 'suspects," suggesting they have not been sentenced and were possibly detained in recent weeks. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. IRNA published two images that showed the two sitting opposite the ambassador at a meeting table. 'We are providing consular assistance to two British Nationals detained in Iran and are in contact with the local authorities," a spokesperson of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, or FCDO, said in a statement to The Associated Press. The statement added that the FCDO has long advised against travel to Iran for British and British-Iranian nationals, who face significant risk of detention. Iran has a history of detaining and releasing western nationals on security charges. The country has long been accused of holding those with Western ties as prisoners to be used as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West. Iran denies those accusations. In 2022, Iran released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after more than five years. She had been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran's government, a charge that she, her supporters and rights groups denied.
Associated Press
13-02-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
British ambassador to Iran meets two Britons detained on security-related charges
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The British ambassador to Iran met with two Britons — a man and a woman — being held in Iran on security-related charges, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report late Wednesday said Ambassador Hugo Shorter met the two in the southern Iranian city of Kerman and in the presence of officials from the justice department and the governor's office. The report neither identifies them nor elaborates on the time or place of their detention, though it calls them 'suspects,' suggesting they have not been sentenced and were possibly detained in recent weeks. IRNA published two images that showed the two sitting opposite the ambassador at a meeting table. 'We are providing consular assistance to two British Nationals detained in Iran and are in contact with the local authorities,' a spokesperson of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, or FCDO, said in a statement to The Associated Press. The statement added that the FCDO has long advised against travel to Iran for British and British-Iranian nationals, who face significant risk of detention. Iran has a history of detaining and releasing western nationals on security charges. The country has long been accused of holding those with Western ties as prisoners to be used as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West. Iran denies those accusations. In 2022, Iran released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after more than five years. She had been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran's government, a charge that she, her supporters and rights groups denied.
