ALBAWABA - Breaking news. Foreign diplomats are arrested from Iran according to local media sources.
#BREAKING Iran media says foreign diplomats arrested, a Briton expelled pic.twitter.com/ZbsatZ4fSA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 6, 2022
As quoted by the AFP, there are other news stating that a Briton has been expelled. Other news suggests the arrests of the diplomats were made for "spying activities."
According to Sedghian, Iranian authorities arrested foreign diplomats for “spying activities”. And among them the assistant of #UK ambassador in #Tehran. https://t.co/GntZjZQwFQ
— Mohammed Shummary - د.محمد الشمري (@MAShummary) July 6, 2022
The arrests were made by Islamic Revolutionary Guards.
IRGC’s Intel. Org. claims it has identified and arrested a group of foreign diplomats, including a deputy of the UK Ambassador to Tehran, for what it’s called “having intelligence activities“ in a restricted area in central #Iran. (+video)https://t.co/C4WInE6UFv
— Reza Derakhshi Salmasi (@RDerakhshi) July 6, 2022
