{"id":210309,"date":"2025-06-24T12:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210309\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T12:02:15","slug":"seven-iranians-appear-in-uk-court-on-assault-charges-after-embassy-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210309\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Iranians appear in UK court on assault charges after embassy protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Seven Iranian men have appeared in court in the UK after being charged with assaulting a pro-government protestor outside Tehran’s embassy in London last week. <\/p>\n

The men, aged between 30 and 50, were charged with grievous bodily harm after two people were allegedly attacked near the embassy on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The defendants’ lawyers told Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday that the seven men were opponents of Iran’s government and had received threats before the incident, according to UK media reports.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Rachel Hughes said the defendants had been taking part in a pro-royalist protest outside the Iranian embassy against the current government in Tehran.<\/p>\n

An Iranian flag was placed on the ground and one man “knelt and kissed that flag before running off with it”, Hughes told the court.<\/p>\n

“All the defendants chased after the victim and participated in an attack over a six-minute period,” she said. <\/p>\n

The victim suffered serious injuries including broken ribs, a broken ankle and a suspected bleed on the brain and remains in hospital, Hughes told the court. <\/p>\n

The defendants were refused bail ahead of their next court appearance at Southwark Crown Court on 21 July, media reported. <\/p>\n

The incident happened a week after Israel launched its surprise attack on Iran, which sparked a daily exchange of missile and drone fire between the two regional rivals. <\/p>\n

A truce in the 12-day conflict was announced early on Tuesday morning by US President Donald Trump after Tehran launched a limited missile attack on a US military base in Qatar on Monday in response to Washington’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. <\/p>\n

However, the ceasefire reportedly faltered just hours later when Israel vowed to retaliate after saying that Iran launched missiles into its airspace in violation of the agreement. <\/p>\n

Iran’s military denied firing on Israel, according to state media, but explosions and sirens sounded across northern Israel mid-morning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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