Jakarta - The French government decided to 'streamline' the number of diplomatic staff at its embassy in Tehran, Iran. This step was taken as an effort to prevent conflicts that arise following a raid by the British embassy in Tehran.
This was stated by one French diplomat told AFP on Saturday (12/03/2011).
did not say how many staff were withdrawn from the French Embassy in Tehran . Embassy of France itself has about 30 diplomatic staff on duty in various fields, such as consular affairs, economic affairs, cultural affairs and service passports.
Reduction in the number of staff is assessed will affect other diplomatic staff who still survive in Tehran and her family. However, it will not affect French citizens living in Tehran. Therefore, no special instructions from the French government that ordered its citizens, amounting to 800 people to leave Iran.
French decision was made after talks with German, Dutch and Italian offices related raid British Embassy in Tehran by a number of demonstrators on 29 November. Raids carried out in protest over new sanctions against Iran imposed British nuclear program.
The Iranian government has actually reminded to countries throughout the European Union in order not follow English. "Now the British government is trying to involve other European countries in our bilateral problems. But we must say to the other European countries in order not to aggravate relations with Iran hany for England," said a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast.
Meanwhile, Britain has closed its embassy offices in Tehran and pull all the diplomats and staff returned to London on 30 November. While Iran did the same, all of Iran's diplomatic staff had left London since Friday (2 / 12).
This incident is the worst crisis between Britain and Iran since the two countries restored diplomatic relations in 1999.
(NVC / fjp)
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