Iran's relations with Britain and the country's malicious attitude towards Tehran will not affect negotiations with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, Russia, Britain, France and the US - plus Germany (P5+1), Chairman of the Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Sunday.
Iran welcomes negotiations under any circumstances and will actively take part in honorable talks, he added, Fars news agency reported.
Iran and the P5+1 have already held two rounds of multifaceted talks in Geneva in December 2010 and in the Turkish city of Istanbul last January. Tehran says it is ready to continue the talks based on common grounds, adding, however, that it has no intention of backing down on its nuclear rights.
Boroujerdi emphasized that the adventurous interference of British officials in Iran's internal affairs indicated that they have not yet comprehended the realities of the Islamic Revolution.
The Iranian legislator noted that British officials had a dark history of hostile efforts against the Iranian nation and the Islamic establishment after the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Boroujerdi further stated that the UK has never abandoned its antagonistic policies against the Islamic Republic and has always played an active role in all plots hatched by the global arrogance and hegemonic powers through its imprudent and hostile moves.
On November 27, the Majlis passed a bill that was also affirmed by the Guardian Council the next day to downgrade relations with Britain to the level of charge d'affaires and limit all economic and cultural collaboration with London to the minimum level.
The move came in response to the UK's decision to impose sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran over the allegation that Tehran's nuclear program may consist of a covert military agenda.
Iran maintains that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Tehran has every right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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