Thursday, December 08, 2011

Iran: FM spokesman lambasts launch of US virtual embassy in Tehran

Source: IRNA

Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA - Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said launching of the US virtual embassy in Tehran indicates that Washington has admitted its big mistake of cutting off relations with the Iranian nation.

He reiterated that such a virtual initiative will not compensate for the US big mistake and therefore will not transfer Washington’s message to the Iranian people.

The Iranian nation has received the US administration's message through the sanctions, downing of the passenger plane in the Persian Gulf, all-out struggle against the technologic progress of Iranian scientists and leveling baseless and false allegations against the Islamic Republic as well as its support for the terrorist groups such as Mujahedin-e Khalq Organziation (MKO), Rigi and Tondar, in the past three decades, he emphasized.

The problem is that Washington has never listened to the messages of the Iranian people including their full support for independence, freedom and Islamic Republic, Mehmanparast noted.

He advised the US authorities to take lessons from their past mistakes and change their approach towards the great Iranian nation.