UK ambassador summoned to Iran as protests spread in the country and abroad

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The Iranian Foreign Ministry's website said it summoned Simon Shercliff, the U.K.'s ambassador to Iran, on Saturday and protested the hosting of critical Farsi-language media outlets.
52% : The state-run IRNA news agency reported the ministry also summoned Norway's ambassador to Iran and strongly protested recent remarks by the president of the Norwegian parliament, Masud Gharahkhani.
52% : Some officials, including cabinet spokesman, Ali Bahadori Jahromi, attended to the rally in Tehran.
49% : Pro-government rallies were also held on Sunday in several cities across Iran.
44% : Amini's death has sparked sharp condemnation from Western countries and the United Nations, as well as protests in solidarity abroad.
42% : A member of the Basij, a volunteer force with Iran's Guards, was killed by protesters last night in Tehran, semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday.
40% : The ministry alleges the news outlets have provoked disturbances and the spread of riots in Iran at the top of their programs.
39% : Iran said it considers the news agencies' reporting to be interference in Iran's internal affairs and acts against its sovereignty.
38% : The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in custody after being detained by Iranian morality police launched unrest across Iran's provinces and the capital of Tehran.
37% : Protests over Amini's death have spread across at least 46 cities, towns and villages in Iran.
35% : The move comes amid violent unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody.
19% : The crisis in Iran began as a public outpouring of anger over the the death of Amini, who was arrested by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her Islamic headscarf too loosely.

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