Senior MP Blasts UK Premier's Anti-Iran Remarks

Rasa - A senior Iranian lawmaker blasted the recent allegations made by British Prime Minister Theresa May against Iran, and said that London is pursuing its old divide and rule policy.

News ID: 425634

Date: 09 December 2016 - 19:38

RNA - "May's allegations against Iran prove that London is pursuing a divisive agenda," Head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Friday.

Boroujerdi's remarks came in reaction to Theresa May's provocative statements that London would further help the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member-states to "push back" against what she claimed to be "Iran's aggressive regional actions".

Boroujerdi further urged Britain to refrain from taking any measure which would once again prompt the Iranian legislative branch to scale down the level of diplomatic ties with London.

"If Britain seeks to persist with such a policy vis-à-vis  the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Parliament will once again move to downgrade relations,” the senior Iranian legislator pointed out.

Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran in August 2015 as a sign of improvement of mutual ties between the two countries after hundreds of Iranian students staged a protest outside the embassy in 2011, censuring the expansion of UK sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Tehran and London have now restored their diplomatic relations to ambassadorial level.

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