Hardline government supporters burned the British ambassador in effigy alongside British and American flags at a university in Tehran ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPASupporters of Iran’s regime burnt an effigy of Britain’s ambassador to Tehran yesterday and its judiciary called for his expulsion from the country in an escalating diplomatic row with London. The call came as Britain joined France and Germany to press Iran to comply with the 2015 nuclear agreement by triggering a clause in the deal that could lead to further sanctions. Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, claimed that Rob Macaire, Britain’s envoy, had played a “provocative role” in anti-government protests that erupted after the military admitted shooting down a passenger plane, killing 176 civilians. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted having mistaken the plane for an American cruise missile, which they feared had been fired after Iran attacked US targets in…

Source: The Times January 14, 2020 17:11 UTC