Abolfazl Eslami, a diplomat stationed in Iran's embassy in Japan, has joined Mohammad Reza Heidari of the embassy in Norway by resigning his post in protest because he could "no longer tolerate the [Islamic Republic's] violence and oppressio." In a letter to the Tokyo embassy staff, Eslami also urged his colleagues and others to accompany him and follow suit in "join[ing] the people's movement."
As I reported earlier, this may be only the start of a trickle of diplomatic resignations that the Iranian government may come to face.
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