Iranian Ambassador to London Rasoul Movahedian said that British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells is using an Arab newspaper to influence public opinion against Iran as a pillar of stability in the region. The ambassador was responding to an article by Howells published in Asharq Al-Awsat in which he attempted to portray Iran as wielding the “main threat” to the stability of the Middle East region. Rasoul Movahedian described the views stated by Mr Howells as a well-known propaganda against Iran. The ambassador said such views would pave the way for continuation of unlawful presence of foreign forces in Iran’s highly sensitive region. British minister’s comments reminded him of “the obsolete tactics of 1980s when Iran was attacked” by western-backed Saddam regime in Iraq. Such rusty apparatus of divide and rule will not work any more.
IRAN ENVOY SLAMS BRITISH MINUSTER’S VIEWS
Iranian Ambassador to London Rasoul Movahedian said that British Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells is using an Arab newspaper to influence public opinion against Iran as a pillar of stability in the region.
