The Iranian newspaper Ettela’at carries a front page story on Iranian MPs urging a review of Iran-British relations. Members of the Foreign Policy Commission met with the Foreign Minister for three hours yesterday
Two British diplomats were expelled from the country on Monday and yesterday Gordon Brown fought fire with fire in expelling two Iranian diplomats.

The Independent says some of this bad feeling towards Britain is historic. It’s also due to the activities of Iranian exile groups in London, the coverage of the election in the UK media and Britain’s vociferous criticism of Iran after the election.

‘Little Satan’ was singled out as the most treacherous of the Western powers by Ayatollah Khamenei… ‘Little Satan’ as opposed to ‘Great Satan’ which has been spared some of Teheran’s wrath, the Independent says, because of Obama’s conciliatory Cairo speech. That may now change after Obama toughened his stance with regard to Iran in a speech last night.

From the expulsion of diplomats to the expulsion of football player… On the Israeli news website Ynet News we learn that four Iranian players have been dismissed from the national team for wearing green armbands in support of Mousavi during a World Cup qualifier match in Seoul last week. This was reported by an Iranian official newspaper called “Iran”.

Ali Karimi, one of the team’s star players, was interviewed by the Iranian news agency ISNA. He didn’t speak about the affair but did apologise to the Iranian people for the disappointing result of the match. They drew with South Korea and didn’t qualify for the 2010 world cup as a result.

Universal Studios has banned reviews of Sacha Baren Cohen’s latest movie, Bruno, for another week. The comedian’s latest incarnation is an outlandish, gay, Austrian hairdresser. The Austrian press already got an eyeful of Bruno at a screening in Vienna last night. The Kurier speaks about the difficulties in keeping a lid on the details of the film. Austrians want to know what Bruno is going to say about them! Many are worried about the image that this outlandish gay hairdresser will give the country. The two other big international Austrian news stories this year were the trial of Josef Fritzl and the death of far-right politician, Jorg Heider. One journalist Lisa Trompisch writing in the daily paper Heute called Baren Cohen an uncultivated clown and stupid.

The Daily Telegraph features an article about Baren Cohn with a photo of the comedian dressed as Borat. Kazakhstan is still reeling after the reputation he gave the country in his film about Borat, Kazakh simpleton touring the United States.

Murraymania is gripping Wimbledon according to the French sports paper, l’Equipe. All British hopes lie with Andy Murray for a home win. No British player has won Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray beat the American Robert Kendrick in four sets.