EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial

[Ramon21]

The European Union’s 27 member states summoned the Iranian ambassadors in all EU capitals to make formal protests and stopped issuing visas to Iranian officials. A senior European diplomat insisted that the dramatic step of withdrawing EU ambassadors en masse from Tehran was still “very much on the table”.

The arrests shocked other EU member states because their Tehran embassies, like Britain’s, cannot function without Iranian advisers, translators, guards and other staff.

On Thursday the more cautious governments, led by Germany and Italy, had rebuffed British proposals that all 19 member states with embassies in Tehran temporarily withdraw their ambassadors in protest.

After yesterday’s sermon, however, a source close to the EU’s Swedish presidency insisted that “all options remain open”. EU governments summoned Iranian ambassadors and told them there could be no “business as usual” while the British staff were held.

[Chief-TP]

typical EU muck, the english know all about show trials as in bermingham six,guildford 4. what happened to due process? it wld be more beneficial if the Eu spent time fixing problems instead of creating them.

[setanta]

Iran has form when it comes to mistreating diplomatic missions and failing to observe international law in these matters. Concerted action by EU countries acting together will have a massive impact on the fundamentalsts n control of that regime.

[Christine Murray]

Theres been a few personnel changes along the way, a challenge to Khamenei's leadership via the Assembly of experts and 135 showtrials : BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iranian ex-MPs challenge Khamenei interestingly my threads on Clotilde Reiss and Hossein Rassam were trolled out of existence, cos people would rather deny the inherent propaganda value of public showtrials to a shaken regime than explore why they are imperative...

[Christine Murray]

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