Sunday 21 June 2009

Iran to US, Britain: Stop Interfering in Iranian Internal Affairs


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21/06/2009 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Sunday that the United States and Britain stop meddling in the affairs of the Islamic republic.

"By making hasty comments, you will not have a place in the circle of the Iranian nation's friends. Therefore, I recommend you to correct your interfering positions," he said in a statement on his website.

"They want to portray as small the great and powerful position that has been created for the Iranian nation inside and outside after the recent election, by which of course they made a mistake and they showed they still do not know the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad said.

"Definitely recent events will add to the Islamic Republic of Iran's greatness and might," he said.

For his part, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani called for ties with Britain, France and Germany to be reconsidered in view of their "shameful" statements on the presidential election.

In a speech to parliament, Larijani called the stances of the United States, Britain, Germany and France toward Iran's presidential election shameful. He called on parliament's foreign and security policy commission to put the reconsideration of ties with the three European countries on its agenda.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Manucheher Mottaki launched a strong attack on British foreign policy in the region, particularly the interference in the Ilamic Republic’s internal affairs.
Mottaki, criticized Britain’s role in the invasion of Iraq, the rise in opium production in Afghanistan and the UK’s “lies and accusations” regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

Mottaki stressed UK occupation forces in Iraq have been training special elements to carry out bomb attacks in Iran. “The recent days have witnessed a flow of comers from Britain to Iran with the aim of effectively influencing the situation in the Islamic Republic,” Mottaki said. He called on Britain to forget the expression “Britain where the sun never sets” and reminded the UK that it was behind planting the Zionist entity in the region.

Mottaki also said that France, Britain and Germany risk their own interests when they interfere in Iran’s domestic affairs. “Colored and velvet revolutions should to be assessed by experts to find out who’s behind it…There are countries who adopt the policy of liquidation when their goals are not fulfilled.”
“The West is trying to impose their conditions and their own democratic criterion on other states…The peoples that have earned their independence with great sacrifices cannot accept western players in their countries…The Iranian people cannot easily give up its revolutionary achievements and religious sovereignty.”

But British Foreign Secretary David Miliband rejected Iranian accusations that foreign countries have manipulated unrest in Tehran. "I reject categorically the idea that the protestors in Iran are manipulated or motivated by foreign countries," Miliband said.

"Foreign Minister Mottaki's attempt in remarks to diplomats in Tehran this morning to turn the dispute among Iranians about the election results into a battle between Iran and other countries -- the UK in particular -- is without foundation. The UK is categorical that it is for the Iranian people to choose their government, and for the Iranian authorities to ensure the fairness of the result and the protection of their own people."

Miliband also said Iranian TV reports that 10 demonstrators had died "will raise the level of concern among Iranians and around the world."

IRAN SUMMONS 27 EU DIPLOMATS: CZECH MINISTER
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout said the Iranian Foreign Ministry had summoned the Czech charge d'affaires and "his 26 colleagues from the European Union" on Sunday in Tehran.

Kohout, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency until the end of the month, did not elaborate during a television debate, saying the EU was planning to issue a new joint reaction soon.

Later his spokesman Milan Repka confirmed that "the Czech charge d'affaires was summoned together with other EU diplomats, and they were not allowed to present their positions."

He added he could not confirm that all 27 EU countries were represented at the ministry but that "it's quite possible."

Czech charge d'affaires Josef Havlas was already summoned to the Iranian ministry to hear a protest on Tuesday.

1 comment:

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