"I want to say very simply my admiration for these women, these young people" and, "in a very clear way", France "condemns the repression today carried out by the Iranian regime" against the demonstrations, affirmed Wednesday evening, on France 2 , Emmanuel Macron.
“These women, these young men, these young women, carry the universalism of our values”, he greeted.
The President of the Republic added that "we stand alongside those" who rebel against Iranian power, whom the authorities call "rioters", ready to demand more freedom despite the deaths, adults and children alike, that repression of the movement entails.
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned the head of state's remarks.
They are an "interference", denounced the spokesman of the ministry, Nasser Kanani, in a press release, judging "surprising" that France condemns the Iranian security forces which had to manage "violent people and rioters", while that it threatens to use force in response to "strikes by workers in the oil and gas sector" in France.
"This is blatant hypocrisy which once again proves that human rights, in the dictionary of many pretentious western governments, are nothing more than a plaything and a tool to achieve political goals. and interfere in the affairs of other countries,” he continued.
The issue of drones delivered to Russia
Kanani did not react to French statements on Thursday that the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia would constitute a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution which endorsed the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the powers world.
Earlier this morning, three drones piloted by Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure in the small town of Makariv, west of the Ukrainian capital, with officials saying they were once again Iranian-made suicide drones. .
“We take note of a large number of reports of the use of Iranian drones by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, in bombardments which targeted civilian targets and which are likely to constitute war crimes,” said Anne. -Claire Legendre, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a daily online press briefing.
"Such supply of Iranian drones to Russia would also violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231."
Tehran has denied supplying these suicide weapons to Russia in its offensive in Ukraine, while the Kremlin remains silent.
Since September 16, Iran has faced unprecedented daily protests in response to the death of a 22-year-old young woman, Mahsa Amini, after her arrest by vice police.
Many cities have joined the movement, universities, entire high schools, threatening the absolute power of the Supreme Leader of the Iranian Islamic regime, Ayatollah Khamenei.