Iran frees three more British embassy staff

Britain News.Net
Friday 3rd July, 2009

Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday.

All the eight staff members of the British embassy in Tehran who were arrested on charges of fuelling the unrest after the June 12 presidential election are Iranian nationals.

Immediately after the arrests, four of the detainees were freed.

At present, only one staff member remains in captivity, the Mehr news said.

Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei told reporters Sunday that there are films and pictures proving some of these embassy staff members were among the rioters.

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