Iran Summons French Diplomat over Praise of Palme d'Or-Winning Film

Iranian media were not enthusiastic about the grand prize for the film A Simple Accident. The French representative at the embassy was summoned to defend the French foreign minister's statements praising Panahi's courage.

'Insulting remarks, unfounded allegations': Iran summons French envoy over Panahi's Cannes film hailed as 'gesture of resistance against oppression'

France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, had praised dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or win as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.”

Tehran. Iran convened the French business manager in Tehran to protest France’s “insulting” comments after the triumph at the Cannes Festival of dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, a state media outlet reported on Sunday.

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film

Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression.”

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Iran summons French envoy, calling minister's Cannes comments 'insulting'

Iran summoned France’s envoy in Tehran over what it said were “insulting” comments by the French Foreign Minister following Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s win of the top prize at the Cannes film festival.