Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he is “deeply concerned” over the trial in Iran of a British Embassy worker. Iranian Hossein Rassam is accused in Tehran of spying and inciting unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election in June.
Mr Miliband said the charges against the embassy’s chief political analyst were unjustified and the trial “brings further discredit” on Iran’s regime. Mr Rassam was among the accused at a mass trial which began on Saturday.
Mr Miliband said: “I am deeply concerned by the unjustified charges today laid against Hossein Rassam in Tehran. “Hossein is a member of our embassy staff going about his legitimate duties.
