Iran condemns crackdown on protests in France and calls for respect for human rights.

247 - Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned the crackdown on protests in France against pension reform, in a dig at Paris following Western support for feminist protests that swept through the Persian country last year. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian used his social media to publicize the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' position. "We strongly condemn the repression of peaceful demonstrations by the French people. We call on the French government to respect human rights and refrain from using force against the people of its country who are peacefully pursuing their demands," he wrote on Twitter, in a post that was retweeted by the ministry's official account.

The crackdown on protests has already resulted in the arrest of more than 450 people. Clashes between demonstrators and police forces have become common throughout France as the government of Emmanuel Macron... forced the approval of the unpopular reform.. 

Police aggression in this case, however, will not be grounds for sanctioning France. When it comes to protests in Iran, the reaction is different. The United States, Great Britain, and the European Union have imposed several rounds of sanctions on the country for its response to last year's demonstrations. 

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs account also shared posts from the ministry's spokesperson, Nasser Kanaani. "Scenes of violence in France raise questions among the public and French women about where the feminist ministers from Europe, Canada, and Australia are. Why no collective effort to support the rights of the French protesters?!" the official says in one of the video posts.