Iran condemns NATO strikes on Libya

A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official has condemned NATO's deadly strikes on Libya, saying the attacks on the country are “killing innocent people and destroying the country's economic infrastructure,” Iranian news agency Press TV reports.

Ali Ahani, in a meeting with the Serbian Foreign Ministry's special envoy Darko Tanaskovic in Tehran on Tuesday, criticized NATO's military intervention in Libya as a result of misinterpretation of the March 19 UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for the protection of Libyan civilians against forces loyal to the country's longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi. 

The Iranian diplomat also slammed Western countries' "double standards" regarding the popular uprisings in North Africa and the Persian Gulf.