Iran and the United Kingdom mutually expelled diplomats.

SyuzhetyOppozitsiya to re Ahmadinedzhada23.06.2009Novy president in Iran through mesyatsBritansky Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced June 23 that Britain will send from the embassy in London, the two Iranian diplomats, reports BBC News. According to policy, the move was a response to "unwarranted" expulsion of two diplomats from the British embassy in Tehran.
Gordon Brown did not name names and titles of expelled diplomats, but said that among them there is no ambassadors. The Prime Minister added that the representatives of the Iranian Embassy had already informed about this decision, and expressed regret that the British authorities were forced to go to such measures.
British Conservative leader David Cameron has supported the position of Brown, saying that the expulsion of British diplomats from Tehran unacceptable.
Meanwhile, on 23 June near the British embassy in Tehran was a rally to protest against British interference in Iran's internal political processes. In particular, from the standpoint of the Iranian authorities, on the part of BBC News reporters are responsible for unrest in Iran, as the reporters "spreading the ideas of anarchy and vandalism." This had previously stated a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran.
June 22, British authorities announced the evacuation of the families of embassy staff in Tehran. At the same time, there were rumors that soon expel the British ambassador from Iran. Leaders of Iranian student unions warned of the possibility of a recurrence of developments 4 November 1979, when the students besieged the American Embassy, and then held 52 diplomats hostage for 444 days.
After the announcement of the results of the past in Iran, June 12 presidential elections in the country began rioting. Supporters loser world-Hossein Mousavi accused winning the election of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of fraud. During the protests have died, according to various sources, from several tens to 150, still at least 450 people were arrested. The number of injuries were reported. Earlier it was reported that the Italian embassy in Iran has offered medical assistance and shelter to victims demonstrators.