Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried

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TEHRAN (AFP) – A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.

Tehran accused the embassy employees of instigating riots in the unrest that erupted over the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which his rivals said was fraudulent and marred by widespread irregularities.

Jannati, who is close to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a strong Ahmadinejad supporter, said the country’s “enemies” had been plotting a “velvet revolution” in the Islamic republic.

He did not say how many would go on trial or disclose the charges.

Khamenei has described Britain, which has long had turbulent relations with Iran and a lengthy history of mistrust, as the “most evil” of its enemies.

Raw Story Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried

Brits up to their old tricks?

[joel]

Surely not.

[rhonda15]

Western Media showed the Basij firing into the crowd of rioters in Tehran. What they DIDN'T show you was the rioters first attacking the Basij with Molotov Cocktails!

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