In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022.
THE government is urgently seeking information on reports that a number of UK-Iranian dual nationals have been detained in Iran, Downing Street said today.
It comes after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that it arrested seven individuals with “direct links” to Britain over their alleged involvement in anti-government protests.
A No 10 spokesman rejected Iranian claims that Britain has been involved in “inciting” riots in the country and called on the regime to end its practice of holding foreign nationals for “diplomatic leverage.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
