UK Foreign Office is seeking further information about detainees, who include several dual nationals
A bulletin by Iran’s state media claimed the detainees were leaders of the recent protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.A bulletin by Iran’s state media claimed the detainees were leaders of the recent protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.Seven people with links to Britain have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over anti-government protests that have snowballed across the country in recent months, according to reports.
The UK’s Foreign Office is understood to be seeking further information from the Iranian authorities on reports that British-Iranian dual nationals have been arrested. The statement that was published in state media read: “Seven main leaders of the recent protests related to the UK were detained by intelligence services of the IRGC [Revolutionary Guards], including dual nationals, who were trying to leave the country.”on 16 September.
The protests, in which demonstrators have called for the fall of Iran’s ruling theocracy, have posed one of the biggest challenges to the Shia Muslim-ruled Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.
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