Report: Iran authorities behind attack on U.K. embassy
Photographs from so-called student protest show members of Basij forces taking part; attack was also filmed life, something that is not permitted without approval by Khamanei.
By Haaretz Tags: Iran BritainThe storming of the British embassy in Tehran earlier this week was not an improvised student protest but an attack planned and supervised by Iranian authorities, sources told the Al-Arabiya News Channel on Thursday.
The attack was planned by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei and supervised by the commander of the Basij paramilitary forces, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqd, the sources said.
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Iranian protesters attack U.K. embassy in Tehran, November 29, 2011. |
| Photo by: Reuters |
Proof of their involvement was in the media coverage, according to the sources. Photographs of the attack show troops from the Basij forces taking part, as well as members of the al-Quds Brigade.
In addition, two official state television channels, directly controlled by Khamenei – Press T.V. and al-Alam News Network - managed to broadcast the attack live. No official news channels are permitted to broadcast life without Khamenei's permission, the sources told Al-Arabiya.
The sources surmised that the attack was planned to distract the international community from Bashar Assad's crackdown on protesters in Syria, and to shift attention instead to the confrontation between Iran and the West.
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If it hadn't been, it would have been stomped out as soon as it started. I love and support the people of Iran, but let's face it: the despotic theocracy that controls it absolutely sucks!
UK does not know what hit it. They have always been so friendly and polite. and in UK thinking this diplomatic failure is incomprehensible and not deserved. except in the context of wahhabi ideology and Saudi money, out to war on the West. Iran is not the real ennemy, but Saudi Arabia.
These reports are no different than Egypt's intelligence head saying Mossad is putting sharks in their waters.
Surprise, surprise!
You must live in the dark, to lump the population of Iran with its yrannical regime is foolish and dark (no pun)....
as one can see by the continuating claims of all the Lefties of the world, that Israel is the one and only cause for EVERY EVIL!
Study the British flag and tell me what you see...
in the great scheme of things?
If you don't realize the difference you are not to be helped!