Sanctions, it's all about a street sign. Bobby sands st British embassy Tehran.
Following on from the British visa story I have to share this little gem, that I actually didn't believe but I CAN TELL YOU IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Around the time of the Iranian revolution in the 70's Britain was also having problems with the IRA in Ireland, and some of the imprisoned activists (terrorists/ IRA bombers) were on hunger strike. One of them was called Bobby Sands and he eventually died. When the revolution happened in Tehran and there was strong anti British sentiment abounding the revolutionist renamed all the streets. This also involved the street that the British embassy is on and they officially changed its name to Babbysandz st. The Brits were not too amused ( actually they were REALLY REALLY pissed off about it!!!) but couldn't do anything about the new street signage so instead blocked up their old entrance and gates and made a new entrance into the Complex around the corner so their official address was no longer Babbysandz st but Ferdozi st. Apparently the Brits have been asking the Iranian government to change this name ever since to no avail. So hearing all this and not really believing it I went on a quest. The embassy is still there but had been closed for years however just last week it was announced to would be opening soon and a small staff are starting the ball rolling. When we got there it had big signs Closed but there were guards everywhere and after circumnavigating the walls I eventually found the offending street signs and of course took photos. Of course 2 minutes later a guard stopped and questioned me and made sure I wasn't taking photos of the embassy, but was ok about the sign. I did get a little nervous then as I was on my own whilst Svend rested with our luggage. So my deduction is that the sanctions have nothing to do with the nuclear facilities but rather just a VERY annoying street name. !! The British embassy I must say fared better than the us embassy that was completely taken over as the head quarters of the revolutionary leaders but I didn't go there to check. from wikipaedia:
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