» Monday, February 23, 2004Iran
Asked the Government’s view on the Iranian elections the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS), said that the Foreign Secretary had said this morning on the way into the GAERC in Brussels that the elections were flawed, in light of the fact that a large number of candidates were prevented from standing. Asked why, given that we already knew the elections were being undermined, we had allowed Prince Charles to go to Iran recently, the PMOS said that no one disputed that Iran had made considerable progress towards greater political freedom in the last ten years, although clearly this was a set back. It had been made clear at the time of Prince Charles’ visit that it had not been a political visit as such, but humanitarian in the wake of the terrible earthquake at Bam. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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