Larijani raps US, UK over Tehran protests
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Iran's parliament speaker condemns US and British officials
for their reactions to disturbances in Tehran, saying that
they orchestrated the "sacrilegious" events.
Addressing the parliament on Tuesday, Ali Larijani said that
Iran was not surprised about the stance that Washington and
London had taken towards the anti-government protests, which
were held during Sunday's Shia Muslim ceremonies of Ashura.
According to Tehran chief prosecutor general Abbas Jafari
Dolatabadi, seven people were killed in the clashes that
broke out between security forces and demonstrators in
Tehran on Sunday.
The Tehran police headquarters said that the police forces
neither used violence nor fired a single bullet on Sunday.
"US and British officials' disgraceful comments about the
sacrilegious events of Ashura are so disgustingly vivid that
they clarify where this movement stands when it comes to
destroying religious and Revolutionary values," Ali Larijani
said.
"Israel's restlessness and its covert efforts to secure more
Western aide for these sacrilegious movements has worsened
the political situation. The anxiety of royal Wahhabi media
has also caused an especially big scandal," he added.
Larijani also singled out US President Barack Obama's
defense of Sunday's anti-government protests and said that
his reactions was a "gift from God" that would prevent any
"naive interpretations" about a possible shift in US policy.
"Washington's behavior during the past few months was
nothing but an opportunist attempt to harm the national
interest of Muslim Iranians.
"That goes for its childish interference in our internal
affairs and its duplicitous gestures on the nuclear issue,"
he said.
After the Sunday protests, Obama condemned what he called
"Iran's crackdown on protesters" and called for the release
of the people who were detained.
"We call for the immediate release of all who have been
unjustly detained within Iran," Obama said on Monday in
Hawaii, where he is on vacation.
Obama said that the US will support protesters during the
"extraordinary events."
On Monday, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband also
hailed what he called the "great courage" of those who took
part in the illegal protests.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has vowed to summon the British
Ambassador to Tehran, Simon Lawrence Gass, in reaction to
Miliband's remarks.
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Larijani denounces Ashura protests in Tehran
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:02:48 GMT
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Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani
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Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has denounced
Sunday's anti-government protests in Tehran, urging
punishment for "desecrators" of the day of Ashura.
Protestors took to some central and downtown streets in
Tehran on Sunday, taking advantage of the Ashura ceremonies,
the anniversary of the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH), Imam Hussein (PBUH), to chant slogans
against top Iranian government officials.
Iranian police forces resorted to tear gas to disperse
protestors. Seven people were confirmed dead during the
unrest.
Condemning the protests, Larijani on Tuesday called for the
"most severe punishment" for "desecrators" of the day.
"Majlis (the Iranian Parliament) calls on officials at the
Interior and Intelligence Ministries and the Judiciary to
arrest the desecrators of the religion and to administer
without discretion the most severe punishment for these
anti-government individuals."
In a symbolic move, Iranian lawmakers also staged a march at
the legislative body in condemnation of the Ashura protests.
Iranian top cleric Ayatollah Hussein Nouri Hamedani and
former Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi also
condemned the events.
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