Iran’s UK ambassador summoned to Foreign Office over embassy’s ‘unacceptable’ social media posts

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Iran’s UK ambassador summoned to Foreign Office over embassy’s ‘unacceptable’ social media posts

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Iran's ambassador to the UK, Seyed Ali Mousavi, has been summoned to the Foreign Office over social media posts deemed 'unacceptable and inflammatory.' The posts, reportedly on the embassy's Telegram channel, appeared to encourage Iranian expatriates to become martyrs. The UK government emphasized that such communications, which could incite violence, are completely unacceptable.

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▪The Iranian embassy's Telegram message urged expatriates to 'sacrifice their lives for the homeland' and 'lay down our lives' to defend Iran.
▪A post on the embassy's X account referred to Israel as a 'fake country' and referenced its Iron Dome defense system in a disparaging manner.
▪Middle East minister Hamish Falconer condemned the posts as 'completely unacceptable' and demanded the embassy cease any communications encouraging violence.

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