Syrian Arab News Agency S A N A
London, SANA– The chargé d’affaires of Iran’s embassy in London has said that the situation of the embassy is calm here and the flag of the Islamic Republic was hoisted again.
The Islamic Republic flag which the anti-Revolution elements had insulted was raised on its place again, Mehdi Hosseini-Matin said.
The situation is now calm after the attack mounted by the anti-Revolution elements on Iran’s representative office in the absence of the London Police, the official announced.
Following the brutal measures in recent weeks, those elements climbed up the embassy’s building and insulted “our country’s flag,” he said, adding that they also caused some damage to the windows.
It seemed that they had ambushed to damage the building of Iran’s embassy in the absence of the police, he underlined.
According to the police, five men have been arrested for damaging the representative’s office; three other men and a woman have also been detained because they were after creating disorder and attacking the police forces.
After the assault of anti-Revolution members on the representative office, the staff of Iran’s embassy has repeatedly stressed the necessity of reinforcing security.
In a related development, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nasser Kanaani stated a few days ago that according to Vienna Convention, countries have to provide security for foreign embassies and that the Foreign Ministry via telephone contacts has stressed the need to ensure the security of its embassies.
Meanwhile, it seems that the UK officials are still taking no serious action.
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