Iran summons French envoy over minister's 'insulting' Cannes comments

France24
25 May 2025, 21:45 GMT+10

Iran on Sunday summoned the French charge d'affaires in Tehran after Frances foreign minister called filmmaker Jafar Panahis triumph at the 78th Cannes Film Festival a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regimes oppression", state media reported.

Iran summoned the French charge d'affaires in Tehran Sunday over "insulting" comments by France's foreign minister after anIranian film's victoryat 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".

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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