"Britain began evacuating diplomatic staff from Iran and warned of serious consequences for the Iranian government while Norway has closed its embassy in Tehran on Wednesday, one day after protesters stormed the British Embassy in the most violent incident yet as relations rapidly deteriorate.
Hilde Steinfeld, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in Oslo, said the decision to close the Norwegian embassy was taken late Tuesday, but that Norway’s diplomatic staff have not been evacuated from the country. “They’re still in Tehran,” she said.
Steinfeld would not go into greater detail, but said “the decision follows security concerns.” She added that “it is in context with the attack on the British embassy yesterday”............READ MORE
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