LONDON (AFP) — World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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UK condemns protestor killings, detainee torture in Iran during 2011
Britain has condemned the killing of at least 30 people in Iran during security force crackdowns on protests throughout 2011, according to a report published by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) this week.
UK Foreign Secretary calls for ‘immediate release’ of Green Movement leaders
GVF — British Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for the release of the leaders of Iran’s opposition movement Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi.
UK government says Iran blocked its website
(Reuters) – Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran.
Iranians in Britain to receive consular services outside UK
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced that, with the closure of Iran’s embassy in Britain, Iranians in Britain will soon be offered consular services in a neighbouring country.
Iranian diplomats set to leave UK
LONDON (AP) — The deadline is approaching for Iranian diplomats to leave Britain following their expulsion by the U.K. government after protesters attacked the British embassy in Tehran.
UK riots: Iran media left red-faced over British ‘anti-monarchy uprising’
Pictures portraying riots as anti-royal revolt include images from 2008 Notting Hill Carnival, the miners’ strike and even Chile
UK tells Iran happy to talk human rights after riot criticism
By Robin PomeroyTEHRAN (Reuters) – Britain told Iran on Thursday it was happy to discuss its handling of street unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused its police of “savage” aggression against demonstrators.
Iran advises UK not to use violence against protesters
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday advised the British government to exercise self-restraint and refrain from using violence against protesters.