Zamaneh Media
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
No Result
View All Result
Zamaneh Media
No Result
View All Result

EU diplomat’s meeting with Iranian activists stirs controversy

by Zamaneh Media
March 12, 2014
in Latest Articles
Reading Time: 1 min read
0
EU diplomat’s meeting with Iranian activists stirs controversy

Tehran Member of Parliament Mehdi Kochakzadeh has taken shots at the Ministry of Intelligence and the Foreign Ministry for allowing EU diplomat Catherine Ashton to meet with “elements guilty of sedition.”

On Wednesday March 12, Kochakzadeh described Ashton’s actions as worse than the policy of capitulation and insisted that Europeans have no right to interfere in Iran’s judicial system or speak of human rights issues in the country.

Ali Larijani, the head of Parliament, stressed that Ashton’s meeting with Women’s Rights Activists should not be compared with capitulation; however, he conceded that Ashton’s actions were “inappropriate and unbecoming.”

On the last day of her recent visit to Iran, Ashton, the head of EU foreign policy, met with a number of Iranian women’s rights activists.

Parliament has been highly critical of the Foreign Ministry for allowing the meeting, but the ministry has responded that it was not aware of this meeting.

The Foreign Ministry has said that Ashton’s unannounced meeting with the activists in the Austrian Embassy triggers suspicions among the Iranian people regarding the West’s intentions and is highly detrimental to the process of mutual confidence-building.

A group of independent Islamic associations at Tehran University have announced that they are planning to stage demonstrations in front of the Austrian Embassy on Wednesday to protest the secret meeting that was held there.

The embassy has announced that it will be closed on Wednesday.

Related Posts

“You Can Never Exclude The Worst Outcome When The Worst Option Has Been Mentioned” – An Interview with Francesco Saverio Leopardi
Interviews

“You Can Never Exclude The Worst Outcome When The Worst Option Has Been Mentioned” – An Interview with Francesco Saverio Leopardi

November 27, 2023
Unheard Voices: The Silent Struggles of Iran’s Refugee Families
Latest Articles

Unheard Voices: The Silent Struggles of Iran’s Refugee Families

November 24, 2023
November 2019 Protests in Iran: Unveiling the Mahshahr Massacre
Investigations

November 2019 Protests in Iran: Unveiling the Mahshahr Massacre

November 19, 2023
Increased Worker Protests and Job Dismissals in Iran: Download Zamaneh’s Labor Report
Latest Articles

Increased Worker Protests and Job Dismissals in Iran: Download Zamaneh’s Labor Report

November 15, 2023
Opinion Poll: Iranians and Golden Passports
Investigations

Opinion Poll: Iranians and Golden Passports

November 4, 2023
Selective Human Rights are Racist
Latest Articles

Selective Human Rights are Racist

November 2, 2023
Zamaneh Media

© 2020 Zamaneh Media

More information

  • Sponsors
  • Donate
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Legal

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal

© 2020 Zamaneh Media