TEHRAN- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged the United States and Britain to stop intervening in its domestic affairs as the country has been hit by post-election unrest, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.
Addressing a group of clerics on Saturday evening, Ahmadinejad "urged Western states, particularly the United States and Britain, to change their policies of intervening in Iran's domestic affairs," IRNA said.
"Condemning interference of certain foreign states in Iran's domestic affairs, the president reiterated that the Iranian nation would not consider such governments as its own friends," IRNA reported.
Ahmadinejad insisted that last week's presidential elections proved that the Iranian nation still loved its Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic system.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday accused some Western countries and media of trying to create political rift and social chaos in Iran by discrediting the "victorious" election.
On June 13, Iran's Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli announced Ahmadinejad won 62.63 percent of the total ballots on June 12, while his main rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi got 33.75 percent.
After the official declaration, Mousavi protested "strongly" the "obvious" violations in Iran's presidential election. He also appealed to the Guardian Council for a cancellation of the election result.
Mousavi's supporters have participated in massive rallies in Tehran and other cities over the past days.