A senior Iranian dignitary says Western powers are regretting the inappropriate stance they adopted in the wake of the June 12 presidential election.

“Western countries have now realized their stance on the Iranian elections was undoubtedly out of line,” head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Friday.

Boroujerdi said British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's recent telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki shows that political heavyweights in Europe are retracting their wrong claims on Iran.

“After three weeks of resentment, [European countries] have a long way to go before rebuilding trust with Iran,” said Boroujerdi.

European countries adopted a critical stance toward the events ensuing Iran's June 12 election, despite the Iranian government's stern warning against foreign interference.

“With the main goal of sowing ethnic discord, Western powers have interfered in the election process by dramatizing recent developments,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on June 23.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has also criticized what he believed to be “irresponsible and intrusive remarks” made by political heavyweights in Europe and the US.

Mottaki said Western countries need to have “a clear picture” of the historic elections, which saw Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reelected to second term in office.

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