UK condemns TV man who Iran hardliners want dead

Manouchehr Fouladvand UK-based Iranian exile TV personality he frequently mocks the Prophet Muhammad and Islam's holy book the Koran and now is marked for death by Iran's hardliners.

"The firing of a bullet into his damned and blasphemous head is an incontestable necessity, and how cherished is the emissary of that bullet," Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan daily, said in an editorial.

But this has embarrased the British government.

"The British government does not share Mr Fouladvand's views," said Matthew Gould, deputy head of mission at the British Embassy in Tehran. "We deplore any attacks on Islam ... We condemn those who stir up division." more

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