Iran's top diplomat in the UK is called to the Foreign Office over Tehran's crackdown on protests.
Women have been at the forefront of the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa AminiIran's top diplomat in the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office over Tehran's crackdown on protests sweeping the country.
"We will continue to work with our partners to hold the Iranian authorities to account for their flagrant human-rights violations."British officials and foreign diplomats meet every day at the Foreign Office. So it might not seem that important for a senior FCDO director to ask Iran's acting head of mission in London to come in for a conversation.
It was no surprise that at the same time that the foreign secretary issued his statement, a White House spokeswoman expressed alarm at the violence in Iran, and Canada imposed sanctions on senior figures in the regime. He also gave his full backing to the security forces, saying that they had faced "injustice" during the unrest.Mahsa Amini, 22, fell into a coma hours after being detained by morality police on 13 September in Tehran for allegedly breaking the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf. She died three days later.
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