23 Dec 2024
Tuesday 19 June 2018 - 16:08
Story Code : 309386

Iran FM spox condemns US interventionist remarks

IRNA The US is no position to interfere with other independent countries domestic affairs and distort truths, said the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.

Bahram Qasemi was talking in response to the remarks by a US Government spokesperson who condemned the the execution of a man inIran who had killed three policemen.

'The accused man had a lawyer, and had confessed to the crime; his execution was by no means related to his beliefs,' said Qasemi.

He added that the US itself is a big name in violating commitments, like those of the JCPOA, and human rights, such as putting refugees in cages and separating children from their parents, which made the internationals organizations, and closest people to the White House react; therefore, it is not entitled to protest against other countries domestic affairs and to draw a black picture of their conditions.

Mohammad Salas who had received death sentence on March 19 after several court sessions, was hanged in Tehran on Monday (June 18) .

Three policemen were killed and several wounded after Salas drove a bus into a group of police officers in Tehrans Pasdaran Street on February 19.

Salas's lawyer, Zeynab Taheri, denied the rumors quoting her as saying that she has evidence on the innocence of the convict.

In a separate attack on the same day, one member of the Basij force was run over and was killed, while another was stabbed to death.

Police spokesperson said 30 policemen were injured and many public and private properties were destroyed in the riot.

The security forces were trying to quell the disturbance involving Gonabadi dervishes, a Sufi community in Iran.

The dervishes were protesting the arrest of members of the sect, as well as rumors that their 90-year-old leader would soon be detained by police, despite assurances by the authorities that they had no such intention.
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