DUBAI: Iran’s intelligence ministry on Tuesday said any cooperation with the British Council was banned and would result in prosecution, the ministry’s website reported.”Britain … was planning to implement a project for cultural networking purposes in cooperation with the British Council in Iran … any cooperation with the British Council is prohibited and will result in prosecution,” the ministry said in a statement.
In August, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a 10-year prison sentence for spying against an Iranian woman, Aras Amiri, who worked for the British Council in London. Amiri was arrested last year during a family visit to Iran.
