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Calls to free UK embassy staff

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The UK has demanded the immediate release of Iranian staff at its Tehran embassy who were arrested on Saturday.

Iranian media has reported that eight local staff at the mission had been detained for their "considerable role" in post-election riots.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called the arrests "harassment" and demanded the immediate release of the Iranian employees.

Jeremy Bowen reports from Tehran.

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