EU agrees co-ordinated withdrawal of ambassadors from Iran

[robertpaulsen]

Source: RT

Iran may lose all EU ambassadors from its soil as European countries agree to recall their ambassadors from the country. According to French FM Alain Juppe, Europe is acting in response to the attacks on the UK diplomatic missions in Tehran.

­Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany have already recalled their ambassadors and staff and closed their embassies in Iran after a group of protesters broke into the building of the UK embassy in Tehran late on Tuesday. Italy joined this group recalling its ambassador on Thursday. The head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi, also advised all Italian citizens in Iran to stay vigilant.

"As of the last few minutes, all our UK-based staff have now left Iran," the British foreign secretary William Hague told reporters on Wednesday, "if any country makes it impossible for us to operate on their soil, they cannot expect to have a functioning embassy here."

Hague also stated he had ordered the Iranian embassy in London be closed immediately. According to Iranian authorities, this might lead to tit-for-tat actions from the Iranian side in future.

Read more: http://rt.com/news/ambassadors-eu-iran-sanctions-783/

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Whole boatload of shit going down in the Middle East, and American MSM is out to lunch, as usual.

[RKP5637]

1. American MSM is figuring out what to serve as their next dish of overripe BS to the

American masses.

[totodeinhere]

2. How is this BS? They are factually quoting French FM Alain Juppe.

Either he said it or he didn't. There is no BS involved.

[RKP5637]

3. This was from RT, not American MSM. n/t

[bongbong]

4. Saber rattling

To get the minds of their citizens off the Goldman-backed destruction of the Euro.

Same tactic of governments have used for centuries.

[Muskypundit]

5. Saber rattling is military threats, "training excercises" near

The border. Recalling ambassadors and closing embassies in response to an embassy being ransacked and looted with probable consent from the host nation is just common sense. Iran has no respect for diplomats, and will never lift a finger to fulfill their obligation to protect guest embassies.

Good on the EU.