Iran summons UK Charge d'affaires
Iran's Foreign MinistryIran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the British Charge d'affaires Jane Marriott over the persistence of the use of violence by police to crackdown on protesters.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry's Western Europe Department conveyed Tehran's concerns over the violent dealings of the British police with protesters to Marriott, IRNA reported.
The Iranian official called on the British government to heed the demands and true requests of the protesters in the country.
On Tuesday, Iran's deputy head of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said Tehran is prepared to send a delegation to investigate instances of human rights abuse in Britain.
Moreover, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strongly condemned the violent treatment of British protesters by police forces in remarks made on Wednesday.
The unrest in Britain began on August 6 in the north London suburb of Tottenham, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest against the fatal shooting and killing of a black man, Mark Duggan, by the police.
Thereafter, violent protests erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol, contributing to Britain's worst riot since the 1930s.
Muslim leaders take the west on at their own game
Iran's Foreign MinistryIran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the British Charge d'affaires Jane Marriott over the persistence of the use of violence by police to crackdown on protesters.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry's Western Europe Department conveyed Tehran's concerns over the violent dealings of the British police with protesters to Marriott, IRNA reported.
The Iranian official called on the British government to heed the demands and true requests of the protesters in the country.
On Tuesday, Iran's deputy head of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee said Tehran is prepared to send a delegation to investigate instances of human rights abuse in Britain.
Moreover, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strongly condemned the violent treatment of British protesters by police forces in remarks made on Wednesday.
The unrest in Britain began on August 6 in the north London suburb of Tottenham, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest against the fatal shooting and killing of a black man, Mark Duggan, by the police.
Thereafter, violent protests erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol, contributing to Britain's worst riot since the 1930s.
Muslim leaders take the west on at their own game
