Iran summons UK ambassador in Tehran after 'interventionist comments'

Iran's foreign ministry summoned the UK's ambassador in Tehran in reaction to "interventionist comments" from the British foreign ministry, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Wednesday.

"The British side, by issuing unilateral statements, shows that it has a role in the belligerent scenarios of terrorists active against the Islamic Republic," the director general of Western Europe at Iran's foreign ministry added, after saying that London's remarks on Iran's internal affairs were "based on fake and provocative interpretations".

Britain's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the Iranian chargé d'affaires, Iran's most senior diplomat in Britain, over the crackdown on protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.

The British envoy in Tehran was summoned on Tuesday.

The Iranian official added Tehran will consider possible options in response to any unusual actions from Britain.

Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested on 13 September by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab 'incorrectly'.

She died in police custody, sparking widespread protests across the Islamic Republic.

The authorities, who have been accused of beating Amini, maintain she died from natural causes.

Her Kurdish name can be spelled as "Jina" or "Zhina".

(Reuters, The New Arab)