Mohsen Baharvand ordered back to Tehran after video shows some women with heads uncovered at embassy reception

The Iranian ambassador to the UK has been ordered back to Tehran and is to be removed from his post after a video circulated showing an embassy reception at which some women did not have their heads covered.

News of Mohsen Baharvand’s return to Tehran was reported by the ILNA news agency in Iran.

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