Iran’s former ambassador to Argentina, accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, flew home today after Britain said there was not enough evidence to consider extraditing him.

Shots were fired near a British Embassy residential compound in the Iranian capital Tehran last night, but no one was injured, the British Foreign Office said today.

Iran warned Britain today that ties between both countries will suffer if London does not free a former Iranian diplomat from custody.