nick
August 12th, 2010, 04:12 AM
The UK ambassador to Iran has angrily attacked comments by a senior Tehran government minister that the English are “a bunch of thick people”.
Simon Gass said the comments were “illogical and worthless” and showed “a lack of respect for human dignity”.
The remarks were made by Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, a vice-president of Iran, in a speech on Monday to education officials.
Mr Rahimi railed against various countries supporting UN sanctions on Tehran, calling Australians “a bunch of cow herders” and saying South Koreans should be “smacked in the face until they become human”.
He said: “England has nothing. Its inhabitants are not human, its officials are not responsible, and it doesn’t even have any natural resources. [They are] a bunch of thick people ruled by a mafia.
“They have plundered the world in the last 500 years and the young lad in charge now is even more stupid than his predecessor,” Mr Rahimi added.
Full story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7940292/British-ambassador-to-Iran-hits-back-after-thick-jibe.html)
Simon Gass said the comments were “illogical and worthless” and showed “a lack of respect for human dignity”.
The remarks were made by Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, a vice-president of Iran, in a speech on Monday to education officials.
Mr Rahimi railed against various countries supporting UN sanctions on Tehran, calling Australians “a bunch of cow herders” and saying South Koreans should be “smacked in the face until they become human”.
He said: “England has nothing. Its inhabitants are not human, its officials are not responsible, and it doesn’t even have any natural resources. [They are] a bunch of thick people ruled by a mafia.
“They have plundered the world in the last 500 years and the young lad in charge now is even more stupid than his predecessor,” Mr Rahimi added.
Full story here (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7940292/British-ambassador-to-Iran-hits-back-after-thick-jibe.html)