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Persian Gulf Arab States Humiliated by British PM's Anti-Iran Remarks

Rasa - Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri rapped British Prime Minister Theresa May for her anti-Iran positions, and said her remarks humiliated the Persian Gulf Arab states.

News ID: 425656

Date: 10 December 2016 - 19:02

RNA - Addressing a Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) meeting in Bahrain on Wednesday, May claimed that "we must... work together to push back against Iran's aggressive regional actions".

The Iranian first vice-president blasted her remarks, and said, "She was invited to the meeting to speak against Iran (but) these acts humiliated those countries (the Persian Gulf Arab littoral states)."

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is a great country in the region and no one can confront it with such remarks," he said, adding that no country can undermine Iran's security and stability.

Before Jahangiri, a senior Iranian lawmaker had also blasted the recent allegations made by May against Iran, and said London is pursuing its old divide and rule policy.

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

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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