Summer fun at the Iranian foreign ministry
Tehran responds to the ongoing violence in London: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged the British government to order the police to stop their violent confrontation with the people, IRNA reported in the early hours of Tuesday. Mehmanparast asked the British government to start dialogue with the protesters and to listen to their demands ...
Tehran responds to the ongoing violence in London:
Tehran responds to the ongoing violence in London:
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast urged the British government to order the police to stop their violent confrontation with the people, IRNA reported in the early hours of Tuesday.
Mehmanparast asked the British government to start dialogue with the protesters and to listen to their demands in order to calm the situation down.
The Iranian official also asked independent human rights organizations to investigate the killing in order to protect the civil rights and civil liberties.
Well played, guys.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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