(AhlulBayt News Agency) - The motion, signed by 35 members of the parliament (Islamic Consultative Assembly), pointed to the “long history of the British government's direct and indirect interference in Iran's affairs” as one of several reasons behind the call for severance of relations with Britain.
It touches on the UK's “genocide [of Iranians] in the first World War”, plotting the coup by former Iranian dictator Reza Pahlavi in 1921, helping the ouster of Mohammad Mosaddeq's government in another coup in 1953 and supporting deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam against the Islamic Republic of Iran as some of the examples of such meddlesome attitude.
The motion also mentions the “repeated and clear remarks by British government officials in support of seditions before and after the [2009 presidential] election” in Iran and offering “financial backing” to seditious elements while launching “media propaganda” and sending “spies” to Iran to help their plots as other instances of Britain's interference in Iran's domestic affairs.
The document obligates the Iranian government to “halt and suspend all political ties with the British government as from the date the law is clinched by the whole parliament”.
It also calls on the government to pursue its legal claims against the government in London to secure the rights of the Iranian nation.
“The government is obliged to pursue its legal claims [against the British government] at domestic and international law firms on the material and spiritual damage to the Iranian nation over the past years simultaneously with severance of political ties and report back to the Islamic Consultative Assembly every six months,” the motion reads.
It also stipulates that Britain should apologize for its hostile measures against Iran before any resumption of ties.
“If the British government offers a public and official apology for its measures against the government and people of Iran, the resumption of ties will depend on the decision of the Islamic Consultative Assembly,” according to the motion.
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