London: Britain's Foreign Office says
its ambassador to Iran has rebuked the country's vice
president for calling British people idiots.
In a speech Monday, Mohammad Reza Rahimi said
Britons were "a bunch of idiots ruled by mafia," and
criticised Prime Minister David Cameron's inexperience.
Though British officials usually let such remarks
pass, Ambassador Simon Gass wrote a blog posting in Farsi on a
government Website sharply criticizing Rahimi.
He said the Iranian official had shown a lack of
respect with his "illogical and worthless remark."
The Foreign Office says it decided Rahimi's
comments merited a response.
Britain is one of six nations negotiating with
Tehran over its disputed nuclear programme. Iran denies it is
developing nuclear weapons.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 20:13