Iran protests to France over French city’s insulting poster
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly protested a recent “insulting” move by the mayor of a French city vis-à-vis the Islamic Republic’s sanctities and personalities, urging respect for all countries’ cultural and religious values.
"The use of offensive content against officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a flagrant violation of internationally accepted principles and rules regarding respect for cultural values of other nations," Director General for Western Europe at the Iranian Foreign Ministry Majid Nili said on Thursday.
This is a clear example of hatred-mongering, he added.
In a recent move, the city of Beziers in southern France ran a campaign on buses, using insulting portraits of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Nili said Iran has officially protested to France through diplomatic channels and called on the country’s government to take an appropriate measure to prevent the repetition of such “provocative” actions.
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron accused Iran of prosing the main strategic and security challenge for France, the Europeans, the entire region, and beyond, citing the acceleration of the country’s nuclear program and its alleged support for Russia's war against Ukraine.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Tuesday strongly rejected the French president’s allegations as “baseless and contradictory.”
It is regrettable that instead of the apartheid regime of Israel, whose leaders are wanted by the International Criminal Court, the French president incriminates Iran, which has always respected international law, Baqaei said.
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