Iran Slams British, Russian Envoys Over Tehran Conference Photo
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Russia's and Britain's ambassadors to Iran posed for the photo at the site of the 1943 Tehran conference.russianembassytehran / telegram
Radio Free Europe – Aug 12, 2021
Iran has summoned the Russian and British ambassadors after a photograph was posted on the Russian Embassy’s Twitter account commemorating a historic meeting of allied leaders in Tehran during World War II.
State media reported on August 12 that Iran’s Foreign Ministry had “invited” Ambassadors Levan Dzhagaryan and Simon Shercliff for discussions over the photo, which recalled the 1943 Tehran Conference when Iran was occupied by Russia and Britain.
The picture shows the Russian envoy and Britain’s ambassador sitting where British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin sat together at the Russian Embassy during the 1943 meeting. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chair in the middle was empty.
Russia and Britain had invaded neutral Iran in 1941 to secure oil fields and Russian supply lines.
Foreign Minister-designate Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the photo was “undiplomatic” and an affront to “the national pride of the Iranian people.”
Iran’s outgoing foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, called the photo “inappropriate.”
The Russian Embassy said it had no intention of causing offense.
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