Later, when he tried to make a phone call from a police station in Tehran, Athanasiadis said security forces tackled him, threw him to the ground, beat him with a club and pepper-sprayed him.

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Ms Millar later received a call from a senior officer to make sure Steven had been told off for wasting police time.

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