28 Mar 2024
Tuesday 24 March 2015 - 13:26
Story Code : 156684

Canada PMs anti-Iran remarks illogical, spiteful: Tehran

Iran has dismissed as "repetitious, illogical and tedious"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's allegations that Iranians live under "tyranny."

Irans Foreign Ministry spokeswoman,Marzieh Afkham, said on Monday that the Canadian premier made very superficial and unrealistic remarks about Iran, addingthat Canada's conservativegovernment is in fact an "extremist" administration.

It is most probable that the freedom-seeking gesture of Mr. prime minister isaimed at musteringthe votes of Canada-based Iranian community in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Afkham added.

She emphasized that such an approach to Iranian nationals living in Canada indicates that the Canadian officials are suffering from "egotism" and havean "incorrect assessment" of the Iranian community.

Speaking in a ceremony to mark the Iranian new year, Nowruz, in Vancouver on Saturday, Harper harshly criticized Irans policies.

Canadas Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at a ceremony to mark Nowruz in Vancouver on March 21, 2015. 

He claimed that the Canadian government would ensure that Iranians who are seeking refuge from Iran can access freedom, democracy and justice here in Canada as Canadians.

By Press TV
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