{"id":200760,"date":"2020-01-13T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T08:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200760"},"modified":"2020-01-16T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T08:09:08","slug":"death-to-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=200760","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Death to Britain!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Iranian demonstrators burn the Union flag and hold up posters proclaiming &#8216;Down With England&#8217; in protest outside the British embassy in Tehran amid deepening row over ambassador&#8217;s arrest<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-&gt; Protesters rejoiced as they set alight Israeli and British flags as they gathered outside the British embassy<br \/>\n-&gt; They called for the expulsion of the British ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, after his arrest<br \/>\n-&gt; The incident yesterday has sparked a diplomatic row between London and Tehran<\/h5>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jack Newman \u2013 Mail Online Jan 12, 2020<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_200761\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iranians-burn-the-Union-Jack-outside-the-British-embassy-in-Tehran-on-Sunday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200761\" class=\"wp-image-200761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iranians-burn-the-Union-Jack-outside-the-British-embassy-in-Tehran-on-Sunday-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iranians-burn-the-Union-Jack-outside-the-British-embassy-in-Tehran-on-Sunday-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iranians-burn-the-Union-Jack-outside-the-British-embassy-in-Tehran-on-Sunday-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Iranians-burn-the-Union-Jack-outside-the-British-embassy-in-Tehran-on-Sunday.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-200761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iranians burn the Union Jack outside the British Embassy in Tehran Sunday. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Hundreds of Iranian protesters have gathered in front of the British Embassy in Tehran to burn Union flags during an anti-Britain demonstration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The hardliners chanted &#8216;Death to Britain&#8217; and held aloft placards reading &#8216;Down with England&#8217;, prompted by the brief arrest of Britain&#8217;s ambassador to <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/iran\/index.html\"><strong>Iran<\/strong><\/a> yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">They rejoiced as they set alight <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/israel\/index.html\"><strong>Israeli<\/strong><\/a> and British flags as the crisis continues to escalate in the region following the death of General Qassem Soleimani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Diplomat Rob Macaire was present during demonstrations against Ayatollah Khamenei in front of Tehran&#8217;s Amir Kabir University yesterday and was arrested after allegedly &#8216;organising, provoking and directing radical actions&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He claims he was only attending a vigil for the victims of the Boeing crash but he was detained despite it being illegal to arrest diplomats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The move has sparked a diplomatic row between London and Tehran after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab denounced Mr Macaire&#8217;s detention as a &#8216;flagrant violation&#8217; of international law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Some Iranians have taken to the streets to share their disgust at Britain and its ambassador, calling for him to be expelled from the country today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While others have turned on the regime after it admitted mistakenly shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, killing 176 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Down-with-England.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Down-with-England-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Down-with-England-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Down-with-England-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Down-with-England.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7878899\/Iranian-demonstrators-burn-Union-flag-hold-posters-proclaiming-England.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Footnote \u2013 Jan 13, 2020<\/h2>\n<h5>Meanwhile, elsewhere in Iran protests have <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/iran-protests-escalate-as-public-anger-against-leaders-grows-11907467\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">reportedly taken place<\/span><\/a> over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet. However, it is difficult to gauge from the Western media the full extent of the protests because:<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-&gt; The U.S., the UK and Israel would love to see regime change in Iran. To achieve this they will use civil unrest \u2013 precisely as they tried to do <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Civil_uprising_phase_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War\">in Syria in 2011<\/a><\/span>.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">-&gt; In the process they will use the corporate media to help create the impression that anti-government demonstrations are bigger and more widespread than they actually are. In addition they will agents on the ground to actively incite protests.<\/h5>\n<h5>This is why the arrest of British ambassador to Iran, Rob Macaire, at an anti-government protest on Saturday is so embarrassing. Macaire claims the gathering at Tehran University was a vigil for those killed aboard the downed Ukrainian passenger. However, the fact that it turned into an anti-government protest before he left, suggests that he may have been instrumental in turning it into an anti-government protest. 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