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| Iran 'frees five' UK embassy staff | |
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| Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iran's state TV says. | |
| Iran's media earlier said Iranian staff at the British mission were held over their alleged role in protests against disputed presidential elections. | |
| UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband dismissed the allegations as baseless. | |
| Separately, Iran's top legislative body began a partial recount of the poll - a move rejected by defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. | |
| The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. | The Guardian Council has offered to recount a random 10% of the votes from the 12 June election. |
| Iran's state TV said the recount had started in the capital Tehran as well as in the country's provinces. | |
| It said the process was expected to be completed later on Monday and the result would be announced shortly afterwards. | |
| But Mr Mousavi insists the poll was rigged and therefore should be annulled. | |
| Current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the poll's winner - a move that triggered mass street protests. | Current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the poll's winner - a move that triggered mass street protests. |