UK investigates alleged arrest of British-Iranian citizens

The Government of United Kingdom urgently investigate the case arrest in iran of citizens with dual British and Iranian nationality, a spokesman for the official residence at 10 Downing Street reported on Wednesday.

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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has indicated that seven people with “direct links” to the UK have been arrested for their alleged involvement in anti-government protests that have taken place in recent weeks in Iran, according to media reports.

The Downing Street spokesman denied that the UK had “instigated” the protests in Iran and called on the Tehran regime to end the detention of foreigners as “diplomatic pressure”.

“We are urgently seeking information from the Iranian authorities regarding the reports of those Iranians with dual nationality. We have always said that we will never accept that our citizens are used to exert diplomatic pressure,” he added.

“We urge the Government of Iran to stop its practice of unfairly detaining British and foreign nationals,” the Downing Street source said.

For a few months, Iran has experienced a wave of protests after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in a hospital days after being detained by the Police in Tehran and taken to a special center for not following the rules. on the use of the hijab.

Source: Elcomercio

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