A group of hard-line students also held a protest rally in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, trampling and then setting the British flag on fire and denouncing the United Kingdom as “Iran's most evil enemy.” British Ambassador to Tehran Simon Gass angered Iranian authorities after he said in a comment posted on the embassy's website Thursday that lawyers, journalists and activists are nowhere under a greater threat than in Iran.
“Gass is a clear example of a persona non grata that must be expelled from Iran,” the semi-official Fars news agency quoted hardline lawmaker Hossein Sobhaninia as saying Sunday.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a prominent conservative legislator, said Gass “must learn the ethics of being an ambassador.” Another lawmaker, Kazem Jalali, said the Parliament will discuss scaling down relations with Britain next week.
