Expelled Iranian Consular Officials Leave West Berlin
Six Iranian consular officials left West Berlin under heavy police escort Monday, ordered out of the divided city by the Western Allies because of fears of planned terrorist attacks.
Escorted by two police cars and two police vans, the Iranians drove to the Staaken border point for the four-hour trip to Hamburg along a transit highway cutting through East German territory. The West Berlin police escort ended at the border point. The six were heading for Tehran’s consulate in Hamburg.
The Western Allies--France, Britain and the United States--ordered the diplomats’ expulsion Saturday, and the Iranian Consulate said that nine of its officials were affected.
Allied sources said the expulsion order applies only to West Berlin.
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