Britain Orders Closure of Iranian Embassy in London

Iranian Diplomats in Britain Given 48 Hours to Leave the Country

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague today ordered the immediate closure of the Iranian Embassy in London and gave the Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave Britain. The move came a day after the British embassy in Tehran came under attack by a mob that ransacked the embassy and another British diplomatic site in Qolhak, in northern Tehran. Britain has closed its embassy in Tehran and evacuated all its diplomatic staff from Iran.

Baghdad Car Bomb Targets Iran Embassy

Scene Near Iran Embassy

Baghdad. 4 April 2010. Press TV Photo

More than 50 people were killed and 200 injured during three near-simultaneous suicide car bombs in Baghdad on Sunday. The largest of the massive explosions occurred near the Iranian embassy. An official with the Iranian Embassy said the embassy building was damaged but there were no reports of casualties inside. A bank building adjacent to the embassy was severely damaged. The suicide bombers also targeted other foreign embassies in the city’s Mansur district.