Iranian diplomats leave UK after expulsion order
By REUTERS
12/02/2011 19:33
Envoys return to Iran in line with Hague's statement, British Foreign Office says; crowds chant "Death to Britain" in Tehran.

All Iranian diplomats left Britain on Friday after being expelled in protest at the storming by protesters of the British embassy in Tehran, a government spokesman said. "I can confirm that, earlier this afternoon, all diplomatic staff of the Iranian Embassy in London took off from Heathrow airport. They are returning to Iran in line with the Foreign Secretary's (William Hague) statement to parliament on Wednesday," a Foreign Office spokesman said. Meanwhile, crowds chanted "Death to Britain" at Tehran University after Friday prayers as a hardline Iranian cleric warned the UN and European Union against siding with London after the embassy attack. Cleric Ahmad Khatami denounced those who tied themselves to "the rotten rope of Britain" including the EU - which may slap more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program - as a group involved in the embassy's ransacking prepared to give Iranian diplomats expelled from Britain a hero's welcome home.

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