The Netherlands recalled its ambassador to Iran for consultations after diplomats at its embassy in Tehran were expelled, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said.
"The government has decided to recall the Dutch ambassador in Tehran for consultations,” Blok said in a statement. “This decision follows the announcement by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that two Dutch diplomats at the embassy in Tehran have been declared persona non grata and have to leave the country," Reuters cited the statement as saying.
Blok added that the diplomats have already returned to the Netherlands.
The Iranian ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in The Hague to explain the expulsions, which Blok said in a letter to parliament “is not acceptable and is negative for the development of bilateral relations.”
