ISNA - Tehran
Service: Foreign Policy
Service: Foreign Policy
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Foreign Ministry once again raised concerns over London Police harsh treatment with protesters.
The Head of Western European Office of Iranian Foreign Ministry invited British charge d'affaires on Friday and expressed grave concerns following London Police brutal treatment with demonstrators.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry official called for Britain to pay heed to "real demands and calls of protesters."
The UK diplomat on his part vowed to inform officials of his respective state of Iran's concerns over the issue.
The unrest in the UK began on August 6 in the north London suburb of Tottenham, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest against 29-year-old Mark Duggan's fatal shooting and killing.
However, violent protests erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol in Britain's worst rioting since the 1980s. Protest outbreaks were also reported in Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Reading, and Oxford.
British Police said they have arrested more than 560 people.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast called on UK Police to exercise restraint against protesters.
Mehmanparast asked British government to start dialogue with the protesters and to listen to their demands in order to calm the situation down.
He also asked independent human rights organizations to investigate the killing in order to protect the civil rights and civil liberties.
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