TEHRAN, Oct 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, summoned the French charge d’affaires, over growing anti-Islam comments in France, and French officials’ support for them, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported, yesterday.
In their meeting on Monday, a ministry official told French charge d’affaires to Tehran, Florent Aydalot, that, “any insult and disrespect to the Prophet of Islam and the pure values of Islam are strongly condemned and rejected by every person and in every position,” according to the news agency.
“It is deeply regrettable to incite Islamophobia and the spread of hatred, in the name of freedom of expression, which should serve communication, empathy and peaceful coexistence between human societies,” the Iranian official added.
On Oct 16, a history teacher was stabbed and killed in a Paris suburb. He had reportedly shown his pupils cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in a class, on freedom of expression.
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has recently made remarks, perceived to criticise Islam.– NNN-IRNA
