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| Student societies hail severing UK ties |
| 2011-12-01 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Islamic student societies of 25 universities across Iran have welcomed the British government's measure to sever ties with Tehran saying that a celebration will be held soon. Issuing a joint statement on Wednesday, the Islamic societies said that the rally held by the Iranian students in front of the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday represented the longstanding desire of the Iranian nation, Fars News Agency reported. "The humiliated government of Britannia, in a completely passive and hasty move, recalled the staff of its closed embassy in Tehran and closed the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran's embassy in London," the statement said. It added that severance of relations is a cause of delight for millions of Iranians and a celebration will soon be held in universities across Iran. "After many years of struggles, the Medes and the Persians has forced the [British] regime to completely retreat.... This retreat is a clear sign of the confusion and weakness of the British government because they know that after what the students did, they have not even an iota of influence in Iran and will have hard times ahead of them," they added. The students stated that the British government is not even able to manage its domestic affairs and millions of Britons are currently on the streets protesting against a government which is supported only by one percent of the country's population. The statement also added that the British government was now too weak to threaten another country and has become too debilitated to even keep its own people happy and respond to their rightful demands. Britannia's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday that London is withdrawing its diplomatic staff from Iran and that the Iranian Embassy ...You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy!... in London will be closed. The decision came after hundreds of Iranian students staged a major protest outside the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, pulling down the UK flag and demanding the expulsion of the British envoy. The gathering was held following the approval of a bill aimed at downgrading ties with the UK by Iran's Majlis, and in protest to hostile British policies towards the Islamic Theocratic Republic. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Can't speak for the UK, Perfesser, but if they want to come here, Bambi et al. will welcome them. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-12-01 23:11 |
| #2 Let"s see how many Iranian students try to go to European and US graduate schools this year, shall we? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2011-12-01 22:19 |
| #1 Yup, students are ALWAYS right./s |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-12-01 01:25 |