Iranian Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs caused a temporary attorney in France’s affairs to express a protest in connection with the statements of the Foreign Minister of Foreign Ministry, Jean-Noel Barro.
The reason for the call of the diplomat was Barro’s statement about the awarding the “Simple Accident” of Iranian director Jafar Panahu’s main award of the Cannes Film Festival.
In particular, the head of French diplomacy stated that the award was received “in resistance to the oppression of the people by the Iranian regime.”
The Iran Foreign Ministry in France to France said that the actions of the French minister are floating to Tehran as “open intervention in the internal affairs of Iran.”
Jafar Panahi, who received the “Golden Palm Branch” of the Cannes Film Festival for the picture “Simple Accident” on the eve of the Iranian state media criticized, because in his speech at the award ceremony he called “All Iranians to unite in the name of freedom.”
News News News Agency writes that Panahi received a reward for “political motives”. The SNN Student News Network called the director “an agent who sold their country.”