The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, have arrested foreign diplomats, including a Briton, accused
of "espionage
", the Iranian news agency Fars and state television reported on Wednesday (July 6th).
"
The Revolutionary Guards intelligence service identified and arrested diplomats from foreign embassies who were spying in Iran
," Fars news agency reported, adding that one of them, a Briton, was later expelled from Iran.
country.
But state television claimed the British diplomat had been expelled from "
the area
" where they were arrested in central Iran.