Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blasted statements by France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and his ministry summoned Paris’ envoy in Tehran to convey Iran’s protest to the French counterpart’s “blatant intervention” and “unfounded allegations”.
Araghchi wrote on his X account that the French officials have “no moral authority” to lecture Iran on human rights after Barrot said Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s triumph at the 78th Cannes Film Festival was “a gesture of resistance” against the “oppression" in Iran.
“Spare us Iranians the lectures. You have no moral authority whatsoever,” the Iranian foreign minister said.
“There have been many transgressions making a mockery of France's ‘human rights activism’. But perhaps nothing has made the hypocrisy as stark as the French approach to the Israeli regime and its war crimes,” his message read.
Earlier on Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned France’s charge d’affaires to express its “strong protest” to Barrot’s remarks.
According to a Foreign Ministry press release, the French government's exploitation of a cinematic event to advance its own political objectives against Iran was condemned in a meeting held at the ministry.
Panahi’s film “It Was Just an Accident” was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. He produced a powerful revenge drama that impressed the jury.
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Iranian and U.S. negotiating teams were due in Doha this week, but Iran said on Monday no meeting had been scheduled as weekend missile fire from both sides tested the interim ceasefire to end the four-month-old war.
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to 'stand down' and resume technical talks, allowing vessels allowed to move freely under the interim peace deal, a U.S. official said.
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