British PM must be tried for war crimes

'British PM must be tried for war crimes'

A senior Iranian lawmaker has called on the UN Security Council to condemn the British prime minister for the brutal repression of protesters in the UK as a 'war criminal.'

Deputy Chairman of Iran's Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mohammad-Karim Abedi on Friday lashed out at David Cameron for his regime's crackdown on protesters, describing it as “unacceptable,” Fars News Agency reported. 

Speaking at a news conference outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday, British Prime Minister Cameron said he had authorized the use of rubber bullets and water cannon by the Metropolitan Police to suppress the widespread protests by youths -- who UK politicians refer to as gangs of criminals. 

"If the Security Council does not put David Cameron's trial as a war criminal on its agenda and does not meet this demand of the British nation, nations' view of this council will definitely change more than ever before,” he said. 

“The Islamic Republic of Iran as an establishment which considers itself an advocate of the rights of nations cannot remain silent on the British kingdom's crimes,” Abedi underlined. 

The unrest in Britain broke out on August 6 in Tottenham, north London, after a few hundred people gathered outside a police station to protest the fatal shooting and killing of a black man, Mark Duggan, by the police. 

Violent protests soon erupted in major cities like Birmingham, Liverpool, and Bristol, contributing to Britain's worst riot since the 1930s. 

On Thursday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the British chargé d'affaires in Tehran to convey Iran's concern over the heavy-handed handling of protests in Britain. 

Earlier, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for an end to the use of force against demonstrators in Britain. 

Deputy chairman of Iran's Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to send a delegation to investigate human rights in Britain. 

The commander of Iran's Basij Force has also expressed readiness to deploy peacekeepers to monitor the rights situation in Britain. 

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