TEHRAN – Iran summoned the British ambassador to Tehran after the UK authorities introduced sanctions towards a number of Iranians, accusing them of concentrating on anti-Iranian figures on British soil.
Simon Shercliff was referred to as to the Iranian international ministry, the place the director common of Western Europe described the sanctions as “unlawful” and condemned London’s accusations as “baseless.”
On Monday, the UK introduced sanctions towards 7 people and 1 group in Iran, alleging collaboration with the Iranian authorities to focus on “journalists” and “human rights defenders”.
Iran has denied concentrating on people on European soil, however has acknowledged that the media personalities labeled as “journalists” and “human rights defenders” by London have overtly advocated the usage of violence to overthrow the Iranian authorities previously years.
Two media personalities quoted by The Guardian expressed concern for his or her lives and mentioned they needed to change areas to keep away from detection by Iranian brokers. These two people are anchors of a TV channel designated as a terrorist group by Iran, which invitations terrorist and separatist teams to its reveals and has inspired armed resistance towards Iranian safety forces inside cities.