Iran summons British Ambassador over interference in Iranian security affairs
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran, Simon Shercliff, over the UK’s interference in Iran’s internal affairs, particularly in issues pertaining to national security.
“In reaction to Britain’s unconventional interventions, including in the national security field of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Simon Shercliffe, the country’s ambassador to Tehran, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the director general of Western Europe,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The Iranian official conveyed to the British government the Islamic Republic’s protest over London’s destructive measures which run counter to Iran’s national security.
The statement came on the same day that Alireza Akbari, a former Iranian official, was executed after he was sentenced to death on charges of spying for the British intelligence agency.
The convict, who had been sentenced to death on charges of “corruption on earth” and “extensive activities against the country’s internal and external security” through espionage for the British government’s spy agency, was hanged on Saturday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry official told Shercliff that Iran had obtained solid information about London’s unconventional communication with Akbari, saying the UK government should be held accountable over the issue that violated the Islamic Republic’s national security.
He emphasized that the “unjustified and mischievous support” for the spying agent is not compatible with the claim of relations based on mutual respect.
He said Iran would not need permission from other countries, including Britain, to take a firm action to protect its national security, and warned that the continuation of such “illegal” moves would not be acceptable at all.
The British government must accept the consequences of the continuation of such unconventional and interventionist approach, the Iranian diplomat added.
Source: Press TV
Edited by Hamda Mustafa