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UK summons Iranian envoy, calls to halt ‘actions that risk international peace’
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The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran flies outside its embassy in London, February 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/ File)
The UK Foreign Office has summoned the Iranian ambassador over last week’s attack on an Israeli-operated ship near Oman, in which a Briton and a Romanian were killed.
A statement from the Foreign Office says Ambassador Mohsen Baharvand was summoned by James Cleverly, minister of state for the Middle East and North Africa.
“Minister Cleverly reiterated that Iran must immediately cease actions that risk international peace and security, and reinforced that vessels must be allowed to navigate freely in accordance with international law,” the statement says.
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