'Iran will do everything to stop UK'

Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee of the Iran's Majlis (parliament) Zohreh Elahian

Πηγή: PressTV
Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:28PM GMT

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic will spare no effort to stop the UK government's crackdown on British protesters.

“Iran will use all of its potentials to stop the repression of the disadvantaged in the UK and [to secure] the release of political prisoners,” Fars News Agency quoted Chairwoman of the Human Rights Committee of the Iran's Majlis (parliament) Zohreh Elahian, as saying on Saturday.

She said the UK must make the necessary preparations for Majlis human rights observers to visit the country.

Elahian also said some of the parliamentarians are to join a protest rally, which is to be held by Iranian university students in front of the British embassy in Tehran on Sunday.

Unrest has rocked Britain in a scale unprecedented in 30 years following the recent killing of a black man, Mark Duggan, by the police. The security forces gunned down the 26-year-old in the London suburb of Tottenham.

The protests have spread to major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol. Several people have also been killed during the government-ordered crackdown on protests.

Meanwhile, Iranian lawmakers are set to lodge complaints with the British embassy in Tehran against the British government's violations of human rights.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has strongly condemned the violent attacks, saying, “The true opposition in Britain is the people that are pushed to the ground and beaten on London streets and slain and yet no one hears their voice."