Iran claims that "the British Deputy Ambassador was arrested in Iran's spy activities", and the British government denied:

[Global Times special reporter Bao Xiaolong Global Times Special reporter Liu Yupeng Chen Kang] According to Iranian Fair News Agency, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard arrested the British deputy ambassador Gils Whitek and several other foreigners in Iran. Because they are accused of "engaging in spy activities." The British government denied reports on the same day. Some analysts said that the occurrence of this dramatic incident was on the deadlock. The "spy case" may be part of the "spy case" of the "spy case".

British Embassy in Iran. Tuyuan Foreign Media

The Fars News Agency said that the arrested people sampled the soil in the penalty area in different areas of Iran. One of them was the British deputy ambassador to Iran. He and his family went to the desert in central Iran as a tourist and were found to collect soil samples in the area. The report did not mention the specific date of the incident. Iranian TV said on the evening of the 6th, "Whitek collects soil samples in the desert" said, "Intelligence agencies said that these people often pretend to be tourists, but they are looking for military and missile bases to determine equipment and ammunition positions. "". Farms News Agency said Whitak had been expelled from Iran. However, according to the Iranian National Television, he was only expelled from the area where he was arrested.

The British government web page shows that Whitek joined the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988 and worked at the British agencies in the British headquarters, Berlin, Moscow, and Islamabad in Brussels. Since November 2018, he has served as Deputy Ambassador to Iran in Iran. Reuters said that this was not the first time Iran had arrested the British embassy. In January 2020, the then British ambassador to Iran was arrested for suspicion of inciting the Iranian military's protest against the Iranian military.

According to Reuters on the 6th, a spokesman for the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on the same day: "A report on a British diplomat was arrested in Iran. It is said that the "arrested diplomat" involved in Iranian media reports has stepped down in December last year and left Iran.

According to Iranian media reports, Iran also arrested Polish researchers Michael Valccchak in the name of scientific exchanges. He collected samples such as soil, water, rocks, etc. in Kerman Province. Test missile tests nearby. In addition, a cultural adviser in the Austrian embassy in Iran was arrested for collecting soil samples in the penalty area. Bloomberg quoted an email statement from the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 7th that no Austrian diplomat or his relatives were arrested in Iran. The Iranian National Television said, "Obviously, Israel wants to use the third countries that are connected with foreign embassies to investigate the nuclear plan of Iran at the military level." The Iranian Broadcasting Corporation said that the arrested Polish personnel were "related to the Jewish stateist regime."

According to the Middle East media, the dramatic incidents of Iran and the United Kingdom were in a deadlock when the Iranian nuclear issue was in a deadlock. The Iranian media released this report may be part of the Iranian and Western fighting laws. According to Agence France -Presse, negotiations that resumed the comprehensive agreement of the Iranian nuclear issue were restored in Qatar last month after a long time suspension, but the negotiations ruptured two days later without any breakthroughs. Iran has accused the United States of repeating its previous position in the negotiations, while the United States accuses Iran of making new requirements. Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahiyan said on the 6th that in the negotiations that resumed the comprehensive agreement of the Iranian nuclear issue, Iran did not propose a "excessive requirement" over the range of the Iran nuclear agreement. He said that in the indirect negotiations held by Iran in Doha, the United States asked the United States to make "effective guarantees" on the entire economic interests of Iran to enjoy the Iran nuclear agreement. Requirement can be achieved. Abdullahyan emphasized that the United States "must decide whether to reach an agreement or adhere to unilateral requirements" in the issue of restoring the comprehensive agreement of Iran's nuclear issue.

The U.S. Treasury announced on the 6th that a number of companies that were identified by the United States for helping and selling Iranian oil and petrochemical products imposed sanctions, including individuals and entities such as Iran and the UAE. The US "Congress" analysis said that the United States was helping the East allies competing for the East Asian market that was "snatched" by Iran and Russia's oil.

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