Reply #3: Dominoes keep falling

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Norway Closes Iran Embassy As UK Attacked

(OSLO, Norway and LONDON) — Norway has closed its embassy in Tehran due to security concerns after Britain's mission was stormed by Iranian protesters, an official said Wednesday.

Hilde Steinfeld, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman in Oslo, said the decision to close the embassy was taken late Tuesday, but that Norway's diplomatic staff have not been evacuated from the country. "They're still in Tehran," she said.

Steinfeld would not go into greater detail, but said "the decision follows security concerns." She added that "it is in context with the attack on the British embassy yesterday."

Norway has four to five diplomatic staff deployed in the Iranian capital, she said.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2100722,00.html

Hungary barred Iran FM's plane from airspace: reports

Iranian authorities were seeking an explanation from Budapest for barring the overflight by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, after expressing scepticism at the vague official explanation, they said.

Several other EU nations had given permission for Salehi to fly through their airspace so he could attend a five-day conference in The Hague starting on Monday by the UN-recognised Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

"Although the foreign minister's plane had already obtained permission to travel through various European airspaces, Hungary withheld its permission, citing technical reasons," a foreign ministry source was quoted as saying on the web site of state television.

"Since the excuses put forth by the relevant officials were not convincing, we have asked the Hungarian ambassador for an explanation," the source added.

http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5591659