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IRAN: Britain expels two Iranian diplomats

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The British government says it is expelling two Iranian diplomats after Tehran ordered out two British Embassy staff members in Tehran.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the decision today in the British House of Commons, BBC reports.

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‘Iran yesterday took the unjustified step of expelling two British diplomats over allegations which are absolutely without foundation,” Brown is quoted as saying.

‘In response to that action, we informed the Iranian ambassador today that we would expel two Iranian diplomats from their embassy in London.’

Iran’s leadership has repeatedly accused Britain and other Western governments of fomenting unrest over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a disputed election.

--Alexandra Zavis in Los Angeles

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Alexandra Zavis

Alexandra Zavis is a former writer and editor on the Los Angeles Times’ Foreign Desk who has reported from more than 40 countries. She spent a decade with the Associated Press, covering Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, among other war-torn places. After joining The Times in 2006, she has served as a Baghdad correspondent and as a California reporter covering poverty and veterans issues. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Award for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and was part of teams of reporters awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for foreign correspondence and APME’s International Perspective Award. She is a graduate of Oxford University and City University in London.

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