Iran’s Embassy in London on Wednesday evening strongly reacted to a British deputy foreign secretary’s un-thoughtful remarks on status of 3 Iranian islands in Persian Gulf. According to IRNA, following the publication of remarks by British Deputy Foreign Secretary Ivan Lewis during a House of Commons discussion in which he had defended the UAE’s unfunded claims on Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Moussa, as well as his incomplete pronunciation of the sacred name of Persian Gulf, our country’s embassy forwarded a protest message to the British Foreign Ministry condemning the British diplomat’s antagonist approach towards Iran’s most legitimate national interests.
In the protest letter, referring to the discussions made at the British House of Commons over the three Iranian islands, it is stressed that the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf are inseparable parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, while Britain’s stands are obvious interference in Iran’s legitimate rule over its homeland and intrigue a third party to violate our nation’s territorial integrity, and are therefore totally null and void.
Daily Archives: June 18, 2009
UN General Assembly president congratulates Ahmadinejad
President of the UN 63rd General Assembly meeting Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann sent a message of congratulation on Thursday on the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at June 12 presidential election. According to IRIB World Service, in his message, Brockmann extended his warm greetings to President Ahmadinejad for his landslide victory in the 10th presidential election.
He wished success for the Iranian president in his next tenure.
At least 26 killed in Mogadishu fighting
At least 26 people have been killed by fresh fighting in Mogadishu, half of them when a mortar shell hit a mosque as worshippers left after evening prayers. According to AFP, Mogadishu’s top police commander and five children were among 13 people killed earlier.
Witness Dadir Ali Jes said after the explosion at the mosque “It was the most terrible incident I have ever witnessed, 13 people have died.” Government security officer Adan Weheliye described it as a “tragedy”.
The five children killed earlier were also killed by a single mortar shell. The death toll in Mogadishu has climbed well above the 250 mark in just over a month.
US missile strikes in Pakistan kill 8
U.S. missile strikes pounded the hideouts of a Taliban commander in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least eight people. According to AP, Shahab Ali Shah, the top administrative official in the South Waziristan tribal area along the Afghanistan border, said the missiles hit close to the villages of Gharlamai and Nandaran, about 10 kilometers west of the Wana bazaar area. He said the death toll could rise as villagers dig through the rubble.
Two Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to media, said a training center of Taliban commander Malang Wazir between the two villages was the target and that nine people were killed.
Two other intelligence officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said four missiles were fired at two sites. They put the casualties at eight dead and about two dozen wounded.
Jafria News 
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