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TEHRAN (Reuters) - The mayor of Tehran has launched legal proceedings against the British embassy which he accuses of destroying an embassy garden in the Iranian capital -- the latest spat in a prickly relationship with London. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that the judiciary was investigating Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf's accusation that 300 trees had been cut or burnt down at one of two British embassy compounds in the Iranian capital. The embassy denied the charge, saying extension works on the metro had disrupted the water supply causing 31 trees to die.
Qalibaf -- considered by analysts to be a strong future candidate for the Iranian presidency -- told Iranian newspapers Britain's disregard for the environment at the compound in Tehran's leafy Gholhak neighbourhood was an example of its historic hostility to Iran.
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Might be bad memories of 30 years ago on my part, but you Britons might want to consider cutting staff at your embassy. They could send in arborists under the pretext oft replanting and the next thing you know it's hostage time.
