Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the British charge d’affaires in Tehran over the arrest of Iranian nationals and what it said were “false claims” leveled by Britain against the Islamic Republic, Iranian state media reported on Monday.

Earlier this month, British police arrested seven Iranian nationals in two separate operations, with three men charged last week with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service, in this case Iran.

The three men were remanded in custody and will appear at a preliminary judicial hearing on June 6, while the other four men, who were suspected of plotting to target specific premises, according to British Police, have been released from custody but still face an investigation.

“The responsibility for the inappropriate effects of such actions, which appear to be motivated by political motives to exert pressure on Iran, will lie with the British government,” state media quoted an Iranian........

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