{"id":44611,"date":"2026-03-20T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44611\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:35:10","slug":"iran-embassy-in-copenhagen-denies-defection-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/44611\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Embassy in Copenhagen Denies Defection Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"WANA - The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Denmark\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WANA-The-Embassy-of-the-Islamic-Republic-of-Iran-in-Denmark.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WANA-The-Embassy-of-the-Islamic-Republic-of-Iran-in-Denmark.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"WANA - The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Denmark\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>WANA (Mar 20) \u2013 The Embassy of Iran in Copenhagen has denied rumors that diplomats have sought asylum, saying it has \u201cproudly raised the flag again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the embassy addressed reports circulating about the incident on March 26, saying that due to a security breach by Danish police, an intruder entered the embassy premises through a back gate and briefly altered the Iranian flag. Embassy staff quickly intervened, restored the flag, and the intruder was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The embassy also rejected claims that any Iranian diplomats had defected, emphasizing that all staff continue to carry out their duties with pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It concluded by stating that the embassy in Copenhagen remains a \u201csecure and unwavering stronghold\u201d in defense of the Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-fav-icon-edit-150x150.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-fav-icon-edit-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; WANA (Mar 20) \u2013 The Embassy of Iran in Copenhagen has denied rumors that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[5191,108,26,2271],"class_list":["post-44611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-copenhagen","tag-asylum","tag-copenhagen","tag-denmark","tag-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116261770117581222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}