Iran on Sunday castigated the meeting in Paris of the French president with opponents and described as “regrettable and shameful” his statements at the end of this meeting.
Emmanuel Macron had received Friday in Paris, on the sidelines of the Peace Forum, four Iranian activists, whom he had praised for the “revolution they are leading” in their country.
“This is a flagrant violation of France’s international responsibilities in the fight against terrorism and violence and we consider that it promotes these sinister phenomena,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani. .
For Macron, Iranian women are leading a revolution that commands respect
According to the Elysée, Emmanuel Macron received on Friday a delegation made up of Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist based in New York who encourages Iranian women to protest against the obligation to wear the veil, Shima Babaei, who is fighting for information about her unknown father, Ladan Boroumand, co-founder of a Washington-based advocacy organization, and Roya Piraei.
Emmanuel Macron hailed “the revolution they (the Iranian women) are leading”. “I want here to really tell them again our respect and our admiration in the context of the revolution they are leading,” said the French president.
Iran has been the scene of protests since the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, arrested three days earlier by vice squad for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code.