Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff To Stand Trial

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Brushing aside British and European efforts to seek the release of nine local British Embassy staff members held in Tehran, the Iranian authorities indicated today that they planned to put some of them on trial — a move that deepened a diplomatic crisis and could provoke the withdrawal of ambassadors.

In London, the Foreign Office said it was urgently checking reports that the Iranian authorities planned to put two of its local employees on trial. Nine staff members were seized after the unrest sparked by Iran’s disputed presidential elections on June 12.

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