Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi on Monday criticized the government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair for its non-commitment to international law.
Asefi's remarks were made in reaction to statements made by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw he was speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
"Straw's remarks, which are again reflections of the unwise policies of the British government, put Blair's government against world public opinion, particularly the British people.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi on Monday criticized the government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair for its non-commitment to international law.
Asefi's remarks were made in reaction to statements made by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw he was speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
"Straw's remarks, which are again reflections of the unwise policies of the British government, put Blair's government against world public opinion, particularly the British people.
"The unprofessional remarks were made out of blind obedience to US policies and ignores the interests of the British nation," Asefi said.
"The British nation will undoubtedly have no good memories of the Blair government's non-committal to international regulations and repeated failures in foreign policy, clearly and recently shown in the torture of Iraqi young boys by British soldiers.
"The British people do not deserve to bear the huge cost of the ruling government's mistaken policies. The British government paid billions of pounds to support its occupation of other countries." Asefi, stressing that Iran has been a victim of weapons of mass destruction, further called on the international community to hold Britain to account for its supply of technology to develop these weapons to known states, particularly the technology it supplied to produce the atomic bomb to the Zionist regime which could be used anytime.
"Tehran calls for implementation of Article 2 and 6 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)," he said.
The spokesman expressed regret the British government's act of dispatching two persons secretly to Iraq to bomb its oil pipelines, saying although the two were arrested the British government did nothing to punish them but instead released them in order bring more disgrace to themselves.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, an example of democratic governments in the region, cannot ignore cases of human rights violations by Britain whether in the region or in its own territory.
"It calls on international circles to take the correct attitude and approach to these violations which were mentioned in the recent 80-page-report of Amnesty International."
Asefi added: "We once again call on the Iraqi government to drive out the British forces from Iranian borders in light of the clear evidence we have proving the role played by British commanders in dispatching terrorist groups from Basra which are responsible for the bombings in the southern part of Iran which killed several innocent people."
