UK Summons Ambassador After Iranian Embassy Urges Expats To 'Sacrifice Their Lives'

Last Updated:April 29, 2026, 18:31 IST

UK summons Iranian ambassador after Iran embassy Telegram post urging Iranians in Britain to sacrifice their lives, Tehran says campaign is symbolic and denies inciting violence.

The UK has slammed Iranian embassy over a post on social media wherein it urged the Iranians in the UK to “sacrifice their lives" for the country.

Iran’s embassy in London had posted a statement on its Telegram channel urging Iranians living in Britain to register for what it described as “Sacrifice for the Homeland" campaign, according to New York Times.

The embassy encouraged “all proud sons and daughters of Iran" to “demonstrate unity, loyalty, and national pride in a unified framework," and concluded with “Let us all stand together, ready to sacrifice our lives, for it is better than surrendering our country to the enemy".

Reacting to this, Britain’s foreign office said in a statement on Tuesday that Iranian ‌ambassador to London had been summoned. During the meeting, Hamish Falconer, the minister for the Middle East, told the ambassador “that these actions and comments were completely unacceptable, and that the embassy must cease any form of communications that could be interpreted as encouraging violence in the U.K. or internationally."

Later, the Iranian Embassy responded by saying that it “strongly rejects" any suggestion that it has called for any violence abroad.

“The allegation that the diplomatic mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a ‘call for life sacrifice’ is a misleading and inaccurate interpretation of a national campaign to manifest national solidarity and cohesion among Iranian people to protect Iran’s territorial integrity and borders," the statement said.

It further said that the campaign is “solely a symbolic initiative aimed at emphasizing patriotism and the moral readiness to defend the homeland against any foreign aggression, and it does not, in any way, possess a violent or operational nature in abroad."

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