Reuters bureau chief in Tehran expelled

The British news agency Reuters' bureau chief in Tehran, Mr Jonathan Lyons, and his wife, a correspondent for several Western…

The British news agency Reuters' bureau chief in Tehran, Mr Jonathan Lyons, and his wife, a correspondent for several Western newspapers, have been expelled from Iran, Iranian journalists said today.

Mr Lyons, a US national, "left Iran on Friday night on official orders," the Iranian journalists said.

He left with his wife, who is correspondent for The Guardian in London and the International Herald Tribune.

AFP

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