Iran summons French envoy over minister’s ‘insulting’ Cannes comments
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Iran summons French envoy over minister’s ‘insulting’ Cannes comments
France 24-May25th2025
Iran on Sunday summoned the French charge d’affaires in Tehran after France’s foreign minister called filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s triumph at the 78th Cannes Film Festival “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression”, state media reported.
Iran summoned the French charge d’affaires in Tehran Sunday over “insulting” comments by France’s foreign minister after an Iranian film’s victory at the Cannes film festival, state media reported.
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“Following the insulting remarks and unfounded allegations by the French Minister…, the charge d’affaires of that country in Tehran has been summoned to the ministry,” state news agency IRNA reported. Jean-Noel Barrot had called dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or victory “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression”.
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