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"There will be consequences" if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said[url=http://www.wholewatches.com]replica rolex[/url] Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband outside [url=http://www.wholewatches.com]replica rolex watches[/url]10 Downing Street in London.
"The whole of the European Union and actually the international community more broadly has been absolutely united in saying that there's no place for this sort of intimidation or harassment and that there will be consequences if it continues," Miliband said on a BBC Sunday morning talk show.
Miliband said he is angry about the treatment[url=http://www.wholewatches.com]replica rolex watch[/url] of the embassy staff members but wants to keep diplomatic channels open.
"It's very important that my anger, my cold anger about the way our staff have been treated -- Iranians, in this case -- doesn't turn into a rhetorical volley to the Iranian regime, because that doesn't do anything for our people[url=http://www.wholewatches.com]fake rolex[/url] or for reform in Iran," he said.
The embassy employee in custody, who has been threatened with trial in Iran, has done nothing wrong, the minister said.
"He is an honorable, patriotic Iranian who has been working in an open, transparent way for the United Kingdom," Miliband said.
Another employee was to be released Sunday, Miliband said the Iranian Foreign Ministry had told the British Embassy.
Iran detained nine local staff members of the British Embassy in Tehran in the wake of widespread protests over Iran's disputed June 12 presidential vote. Election officials said hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won in a landslide.
Most of the embassy workers have been freed. The one expected to be released Sunday would be the eighth let go and would not face charges, Miliband said.
Iran also released a journalist, Washington Times reporter Iason Athanasiadis, government-run Press TV reported Sunday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi confirmed[url=http://www.wholewatches.com]breitling replica[/url] the release, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
"Police had arrested him because of his unprofessional conduct in connection with the recent disturbances," Qashqavi said, adding that "Iason had previously been declared persona non grata because of similar activities. The first time he had used a British passport."
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