Majlis denounces West interferences in Iran’s internal affairs
August 13, 2009 - 0:0
TEHRAN – In a statement issued on Wednesday some 215 lawmakers strongly condemned U.S., Britain and France’s interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
“Hasty and unwise” remarks by the U.S. and French foreign ministers in expressing support for the post-election unrest as well as the actions by the British Embassy in Tehran show the obvious interference in Iran’s internal affairs in violation of the international law, the statement reads.These countries should be aware the time that they can interfere in Iran’s internal affairs has come to an end, the MPs explained.
The Iranian nation and government will give a crushing response to the U.S. and Britain as they did in the past 30 years, the MPs insisted in their statement.
The parliamentarians also called on the president to regulate Tehran’s relations with these countries based on their policies toward Iran.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN that Iran’s prosecution of protesters showed that the country is “afraid of its own people.”
Meanwhile the Fars news agency quoted Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as suggesting that French academic Clotilde Reiss accused of spying could be released on bail. However, the prosecutor said she will not be allowed to leave Iran.
The official IRNA news agency also quoted an ""informed political source"" as saying that the French Embassy in Tehran sent a note to the judiciary agreeing to deposit a bail in order to win Reiss's freedom.
France is urging Iran to drop charges against Reiss and Nazak Afshar, a local staff member of the French Embassy in Tehran