IRAN AGAIN SUMMONS UK, GERMAN ENVOYS OVER PROTESTS

Iran on Saturday again called in the British ambassador, marking the 15th time in less than three months a foreign envoy has been summoned, as protests continue to rock the country. The foreign ministry called in British ambassador Simon Shercliff, a day after his German counterpart, Hans-Udo Muzel was summoned. The state media reports that this is a reaction of Iranian diplomacy to unprecedented pressure against the country. The British Ambassador has now been summoned five times since the demonstrations sparked by the death of 22 year old Mahsa Amini who died in custody on September 16 after her arrest by the morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code for women. Iran has dubbed the protests as “riots” reiterating that it is been encouraged by foreign foes. The Iranian foreign ministry has protested the United Kingdom’s support for “terror and unrest”, and sanctions it has imposed. The Ministry further expressed its utmost objection toward Germany’s unacceptable intervention,” after Berlin’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticised the “perfidious summary trial” which issued a death sentence against Mohsen Shekari who was hanged on Thursday in the first known execution connected with the protests. He was convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary during the early phase of the protests.

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