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Iran foreign ministry says it wants to keep diplomatic relations
Jun 29, 2009, 6:42 GMT
Tehran - Iran is not planning to downgrade diplomatic ties with Britain or any European country, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Monday.
Police arrested eight Iranian staff members of the British embassy in Tehran Sunday, a move condemned by British Foreign Minister David Miliband.
The Fars new agency in a report said that the eight local staffers were arrested for their alleged involvement in demonstrations over the June 12 presidential election. London says there were nine arrested.
Ghashghavi said Iran was not after 'diplomatic adventurism' but all countries should respect the internal developments of Iran and not engage in any form of interference.
The spokesman further said that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his British counterpart David Miliband discussed the issue and the British foreign minister reassured Mottaki that London had no intentions for any interference.
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