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Published Date: 29 June 2009
GORDON Brown described the detention of British Embassy staff in Tehran as "unacceptable" and "unjustified" today as he called for the release of those still being held.
The Prime Minister said: "We are deeply disappointed that Iran has detained some of Britain's staff in Tehran.

"Some have now been released but we must now see that the others are set free to resume their work."

He added that Iran's actions were "unacceptable, unjustified and without foundation, and we, with our international partners, will continue to make this clear to the Iranian regime".



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  • Last Updated: 29 June 2009 2:48 PM
  • Source: scotsman.com
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Iran
 
1

Lianachan,

Highlands 29/06/2009 15:19:59
Gordon Brown described the detention of British Embassy staff in Tehran as an excellent distraction from his own incompetence, more like.
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mk-ultra,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 15:44:01
"Unacceptable and unjustified"

I'm sure the Iranians think that Western intelligence agencies funding and arming Sunni terrorist groups in order to create havoc in other countries is also "unacceptable and unjustified".

"Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran"

"President George W Bush has given the CIA approval to launch covert "black" operations to achieve regime change in Iran, intelligence sources have revealed.

Mr Bush has signed an official document endorsing CIA plans for a propaganda and disinformation campaign intended to destabilise, and eventually topple, the theocratic rule of the mullahs."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html
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mk-ultra,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 15:46:52

"One of the most active and violent anti-regime groups in Iran today is the Jundallah, also known as the Iranian People’s Resistance Movement, which describes itself as a resistance force fighting for the rights of Sunnis in Iran. "This is a vicious Salafi organization whose followers attended the same madrassas as the Taliban and Pakistani extremists," Nasr told me. "They are suspected of having links to Al Qaeda and they are also thought to be tied to the drug culture." The Jundallah took responsibility for the bombing of a busload of Revolutionary Guard soldiers in February, 2007. At least eleven Guard members were killed. According to Baer and to press reports, the Jundallah is among the groups in Iran that are benefitting from U.S. support.

The C.I.A. and Special Operations communities also have long-standing ties to two other dissident groups in Iran: the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, known in the West as the M.E.K., and a Kurdish separatist group, the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan, or PJAK.

The M.E.K. has been on the State Department’s terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. "The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results."

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh
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29/06/2009 20:43:49
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mk-ultra,

Edinburgh 29/06/2009 22:09:44
#4

"Hate filled agenda" ?
I'm just trying to fill-in some blanks.
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Rob Royston,

30/06/2009 00:05:51
Maybe Brown should criticise the Embasy officials who allowed their staff to get embroiled in their countries internal politics. They are called Diplomats, but they are not very diplomatic if they allow the staff to go out rioting.
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Queen D,

30/06/2009 11:04:07
Wooo! That should frighten the Ayatollah!
On the other hand the UK should be a wee bit frightened by the Iranian hatred coming right back at us!
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15/07/2009 15:37:18
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