Iran releases several of the local employees of the British Embassy
According to the intelligence minister, Gholam Hussein Mohseni Ejei, employees were sent by the British legation marches to gather information and ideas to instill some demonstrators and society.
The British Embassy played a crucial role in the recent riots by the media but also of its workforce, said the minister, who cited the state news agency Irna.
We have photos and video of certain employees of the British embassy in the demonstrations, he added Ejaei, who did not specify how many people had been released.
The Fars news agency announced on Sunday that Iranian police had arrested eight employees of the local British embassy in Tehran for alleged involvement in the riots, killing at least eight people.
Hours later, the minister External David Miliband condemned the action as an act of harassment and intimidation totally unacceptable and demanded the immediate release of detainees.
The Iranian regime has accused Western countries, and especially United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany, spur of the riots and deal with it blowing up what it calls a velvet revolution.
Last week, Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed the expulsion of two British diplomats whom it accuses of interfering in internal affairs of the country.
Morning Tehran must abandon the first and second secretary of the diplomatic legation.
In a mutual decision, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, announced the expulsion of two other London Iranian diplomats.
The always tense relationship between the two countries deteriorated in the last week, after Iran charged that the United Kingdom of being behind the protests and riots postelectorales.
Last week, Iran called for consultation its ambassador in London to protest what it considered interference in British domestic affairs.
A week ago, Iran expelled the permanent correspondent in Tehran of the British BBC television, John Leyne, who is accused for instigating the unrest of his information.