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Page last updated at 16:36 GMT, Friday, 3 July 2009 17:36 UK

UK embassy staff 'will be put on trial'

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Some of the British embassy staff arrested in Iran for "inciting protests" will be put on trial, a top cleric says.

Nine embassy staff were held in Tehran last weekend. Britain says all but two have now been freed.

Speaking at Friday prayers, Ayatollah Jannati, who is the head of Iran's Guardian Council, did not say how many employees would be tried or on what charges.

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