TEHRAN – London’s ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the remarks by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Foreign Secretary David Miliband about Iran’s presidential election.

Iran has strongly denounced the remarks and has asked British officials to stop “interfering and rude” remarks, the Foreign Ministry said in a report released to the media on Tuesday.Downing Street said on Tuesday that the West must not take sides over Iran's presidential elections. ""The elections are a matter for the Iranian people, but if there are serious questions that are now being asked about the conduct of the elections, they have got to be answered,"" Brown said