The UK has ordered the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats in a tit-for-tat action after Tehran also ordered two UK diplomats to leave the country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told MPs he had no choice but to respond after Iran had made allegations that were “absolutely without foundation”. The two British diplomats had been effectively accused of spying by Iran officials, the Foreign Office said. Mass unrest on the streets of Tehran has been blamed by Iran on the UK.
