Rabat, March 20 -- The Moroccan House Speaker Habib El Malki explained that Iran did not attend attend last week's Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Member States ( PUIC ) in Rabat because "the Iranian delegation did not respect all the rules of participation in the session" and arrived in large groups of up to 40 people.

Rabat hosted the 14th PUIC March 11-14.

El Malki said on Tuesday, March 19, in a press briefing, that as the host country, Morocco had requested the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to ask its member states to reduce the sizes of their delegations. Iran did not abide by the request, according to El Malki.

"It is customary to respect instructions requested by the host country," El ...