The UK Ambassador to Tehran Simon Shercliffe was called on Saturday to the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic in connection with the alleged intervention of London in internal for Iran, the Iranian media reported.
“In response to the UK non -standard intervention … Simon Shercliffe was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Director of Western Europe,” the Iranian foreign policy said in a statement.
In the Iranian diplomatic, the British government should be held accountable for establishing “non -traditional relations” with the former deputy minister of defense Iran Akbari Alireza, which “led to the threat of national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
At the same time, it became known that the British government imposed sanctions against the Prosecutor General of Iran Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. As James Clelerli, the Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom, said on Saturday, this decision was a response to the execution of Akbari Alires, who had dual citizenship – Iran and Great Britain.
“The United Kingdom imposed sanctions against the Prosecutor General of Iran. A step taken today emphasizes our indignation by Akbari’s alires, – wrote Cleverly on Twitter.“ The Prosecutor General is primarily responsible for the application of the death penalty in Iran. We urge the regime for terrifying violations human rights “.
Akbari was found guilty of espionage in favor of the UK, as well as corruption. At the same time, Akbari himself denied all the charges him and claimed that they were unfounded.