Iran rebukes Britain over Brown's Israel speech

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday rebuked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for issuing an “inaccurate” warning that Tehran risked further sanctions over its controversial nuclear programme.

Brown made the remarks on Monday in a speech to the Israeli parliament, where he also attacked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his “abhorrent” threats against Israel.

“The inaccurate comments of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his recent trip to the occupied lands is in contradiction to the prevailing atmosphere of the (nuclear) negotiations,” the ISNA news agency quoted Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying.