In an interview with BBC , the British Ambassador to Tehran Dominick Chilcott told the BBC that Iran was a country in which such action was taken only "with the acquiescence and the support of the state".
Mr Chilcott said that Majlis member Alaeeldin Boroojerdi who was arrested recently for corruption and the speaker Ali Larijani who needs to hide his broad connection with circles in West were behind the plan to discredit Britain with the aim of attracting popular support .
Watch video of Ali Larijani refusal to answering about involvement of Majlis members in 3 billion Dollar banking fraud HERE .
He also said some within Iran's ruling regime may have underestimated the British response.
"The risk is that certain people in the regime who liked the idea of confrontation, because they felt it would rally people to the flag, miscalculated how strong the response would be," said Mr Chilcott.
"They probably didn't expect us to send home the Iranian embassy in London and, reading between the lines, you can see in the way they have responded to that move, some remorse in having provoked it. I think that might apply more generally too," he added
He said: "Iran is not the sort of country where spontaneously a demonstration congregates and then attacks a foreign embassy. That sort of activity is only done with the acquiescence and the support of the state.
"And there are a number of reasons why, with the benefit of hindsight, it's very clear that this was a state-supported activity."Mr Chilcott said that Majlis member Alaeeldin Boroojerdi who was arrested recently for corruption and the speaker Ali Larijani who needs to hide his broad connection with circles in West were behind the plan to discredit Britain with the aim of attracting popular support .
Watch video of Ali Larijani refusal to answering about involvement of Majlis members in 3 billion Dollar banking fraud HERE .
He also said some within Iran's ruling regime may have underestimated the British response.
"The risk is that certain people in the regime who liked the idea of confrontation, because they felt it would rally people to the flag, miscalculated how strong the response would be," said Mr Chilcott.
"They probably didn't expect us to send home the Iranian embassy in London and, reading between the lines, you can see in the way they have responded to that move, some remorse in having provoked it. I think that might apply more generally too," he added
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