Lawmayker: Iran likely to close British embassy

Iran's Parliament will seriously pursue the issue of shutting down the UK embassy in Tehran in case the violent crackdown on British citizens continue, said Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash, a member of the Parliament's Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, Press TV reported with reference to Fars news agency.

He also called on Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday to summon the British charge d'affaires in Tehran "as soon as possible" to offer explanations about the police shooting of Mark Duggan.

Ahmadi Bighash noted that defending nations against hegemonic powers is among core principles of the Islamic Revolution, adding that the killing of the Black man demonstrates that racism is still on Britain's agenda.

"This is a blatant violation of human rights," he pointed out.

The Iranian lawmaker added that despite its own economic crisis, Britain engaged in military intervention in other countries and violated their rights at the US and Israel's command.

He expressed regret that funds which should be allocated to improve the living of the British people are spent on military equipment "to slaughter the people in the Middle East."

The unrest in the UK began on August 6 in the north London suburb of Tottenham, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest against Daggan's fatal shooting and killing.

However, violent protests erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol in Britain's worst rioting since the 1980s. Protest outbreaks were also reported in Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Reading, and Oxford.

Turmoil is now threatening to sweep across Britain as the mayhem and looting has also spread to the central city of Birmingham, the western city of Bristol, the northwestern city of Liverpool, and south London neighborhood of Brixton.

British Police said they have arrested more than 560 people as the unrest entered a fourth night.


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