THE GUARDIAN: William Hague says diplomats must leave UK within 48 hours, saying storming of British embassy in Iran had backing of regime
The foreign secretary, William Hague has ordered the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from the UK and announced that the UK is closing its embassy in Tehran, saying that the storming of the mission on Tuesday had the backing of the regime.
Hague said Iranian diplomats would have to leave Britain within 48 hours, and that all British embassy staff in Tehran had now left Iran. » | Julian Borger, diplomatic editor | Wednesday, November 30, 2011
