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Date / Time: 6/29/2009 3:30 AM UTC
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Published: 12:31PM BST 28 Jun 2009
The eight appear to have been arrested on suspicion of playing a role in pro-democracy demonstrations in the wake of the disputed presidential election. David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, responded immediately, calling for the prisoners' immediate release. "This is harassment and intimidation of a kind that is quite unacceptable. We want to see [them] released unharmed."
The Fars news agency said that the staff had help foment protests against the results of the June 12 election, which returned the hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a second term.
"Eight local employees at the British embassy who had a considerable role in recent unrest were taken into custody," Fars said. "This group played an active role in provoking recent unrest."
A relative of one of those detained said the staff member had disappeared: "He went out yesterday morning and I have been unable to reach him since his mobile phone is switched off. Since then I have had no news of his whereabouts."
Mr Miliband said: "We are still concerned about a number of them who to our knowledge have not been released ... The numbers are changing hour by hour. These are hard-working diplomatic staff and the idea that the British Embassy is somehow behind the demonstrations and protests that have been taking place in Tehran in recent weeks is wholly without foundation."
Mr Miliband said Britain had made a strong protest to the Iranian authorities and he would discuss the issue with European Union counterparts in Corfu who were due to discuss the post-election situation in Iran on Sunday. Tehran has placed Britain in the cross hairs of a campaign to blame foreign meddling for incitement of the post-election demonstrations. Supporters of dissident candidates, including Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a former prime minister, took to streets demanding a new election after allegations of vote rigging emerged.
Mr Mousavi has repeatedly rejected offers of a partial recount of ballots in a show of unprecedented defiance against the leadership. But the clerical regime has rebuffed popular pressure for a new election, instead turning the blame on foreign governments.
A hardline cleric, Ahmed Khatami, used the Friday prayers at Tehran University to elevate Britain to the first rank of villains in the Islamic Republic. "In this unrest, Britons have behaved very mischievously and it is fair to add the slogan of 'Down with England' to the slogan of 'Down with USA'," he said.
Iranian MPs lined up at the weekend to condemn British meddling in Iranian affairs. "The nation's tolerance for Britain's hidden and apparent policy of interference is over. The Iranian nation and its parliament could no more tolerate such behaviour. There would be a crushing response by Iran," Parviz Sarvari, an MP, told Fars.
Britain expelled two Iranian diplomats last week in retaliation for Tehran's decision to push out a second and third secretary in the British embassy. A day earlier spouses and family members of British diplomatic staff were withdrawn from Iran.
Manouchehr Mottaki, the foreign minister, warned Iran may downgrade ties with Britain.
Iran has also expelled the BBC correspondent in Tehran and arrested a British-Greek journalist, as well as a number of other British passport-holders it said were involved in rioting.
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