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Tehran, Aug 21, IRNA -- Government Spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh said here Wednesday that he does not have any information on letters said to have been sent to high ranking officials calling for declaration of a state of emergency in the country.
"This has not even been discussed in the cabinet meetings," he added.
Speaking at his weekly press conference, he said the country is not in a crisis and 'there is no need for declaring a state of emergency'.
Ramezanzadeh stated that the government needs a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere to carry out its pledges to the people.
On the issue of disbanding the Tehran City Council, he added that president Mohammad Khatami has ordered the interior ministry to investigate the row between the council and mayor, 'but the report has not been sent to the cabinet as of yet'.
The government spokesman further added that Islamic city councils are the fruits of the Khatami administration.
He said the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will provide adequate funds for the emergency employment plan and said that the plan's progress in attracting industrialist has been successful.
He also categorically rejected the suggestion that Iran has sold rockets to Iraq, adding, "Basically there has not been any discussions on this issue between the two governments."
He said that the Information Ministry has been given the task to probe into some acts aiming to sow discord among the various religious denominations in different parts of the country.
Meanwhile, the press on Monday said that a group of unnamed people had written letters to several senior officials, asking for the establishment of a state of emergency in order to avert perceived threats, notably from the US.
The demand was met by a fierce outcry of several political figures who warned of the consequences if an exceptional situation is set up.
Hossein Moussavi Tabrizi, head of the Iranian Parties House, further accused 'a very few people in the right wing' of trying to destabilize the country and create a state of abnormalcy.
"Unwise measures, even taken under the pretext of diverting a crisis against the system, will result in nothing except alienating the people from the Islamic Republic and (making them) look to the outside," he said.
"These people in fact are moving in the same road which Israel, America and our enemies want in order to portray a bad image of Islam," Tabrizi said.
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