Anti-British protest in Iran cancelled

23 Jun 2009, 6:47 pm   -   Source: AFP
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Iranian authorities have not given student unions permission to conduct a planned demonstration outside the British Embassy in Tehran. 

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Iranian student unions have called off a planned demonstration outside the British embassy in Tehran after it was banned by the authorities, the Fars news agency said.

"Iranian students have cancelled today's gathering and postponed it to another day after a permit was not issued," Fars quoted Islamist student leader Ehsan Yavari as saying.

Four student groups had said they were planning to stage a demonstration to protest at what they called interference by the "peverted" British government in the post-election tumult engulfing Iran.

"The interior ministry condemns this interference, but informs our dear compatriots that no permit has been issued for a rally and a march on Tuesday," ministry said on its website.

Iranian authorities have fired off a number of accusations against the British government, prompting London to warn its nationals against travel to Iran and to pull out the families of embassy staff.

Ambasador recalled

Meanwhile the official news agency IRNA has quoted a lawmaker saying Iran is to recall its ambassador to London for consultations amid growing tensions with Britain over the disputed presidential election.
  
Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash, a member of parliament's foreign affairs committee, said that during a meeting with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, it was agreed to "recall the Iranian ambassador for consultations and to examine the attitude of the British government."

But an Iranian foreign ministry source denies that the country's ambassador to London had been recalled.

"We deny the issue of recalling Iran's ambassador from London to Tehran," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
 

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