IRAN URGES LONDON TO FREE ITS DIPLOMAT ACCUSED OF TERRORISM
TEHRAN 24 Aug. (IPS) As the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry protested Saturday to both England and Argentine over the arrest of former Iranian diplomat by the Scotland Yard, acting on an international warrant issued by an Argentinean judge, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami promised on Sunday that Tehran would take "tough actions" against London and Buenos Aires for the "tactless" measure".
Mr Hadi Soleymanpour, 47, a former Iranian ambassador to Argentine, was arrested on Thursday evening at his flat at Durham, north of England, where he is studying at the city’s univeristy, accused by argentine authorities of participation in the 1994 explosion of the Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, by alleged members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, acting on orders from its Iranian master, living more than 80 dead and 300 wounded.
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Aug-2003/diplomat-arrested-24803.htm