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2023-March-26  18:28

Iran Raps European Female Ministers' Silence over French Police Violence Against Protesters

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kana'ani blasted female officials of the Western states for keeping mum on the French police brutality against demonstrators during the pension reform rallies.

"Violence scenes in France raise question among public opinion and French women where Europe, Canada and Australia feminist ministers are," Kana'ani wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday.

"Why no collective concert to support rights of female French protesters?!" the spokesperson added.

Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Bahdori Jahromi has also condemned using force by Paris against demonstrators, calling for the formation of an international research committee.

"Emmanuel Macron's government is directly responsible for widespread violations of human rights and harsh dealing with protesters who simply seek their rights; France must be to account for its actions towards its citizens," Bahdori Jahromi said in a post on his Twitter account.

"The formation of an international fact-finding committee is necessary for dealing with violating the rights of hundreds of thousands of French protesters," the spokesperson added.

France has been rocked by protests since President Emmanuel Macron’s government bypassed parliament last week to pass a controversial pension reform bill that raises the country’s retirement age from 62 to 64. More than a million demonstrators took to the streets across the country on Thursday, and hundreds were arrested in Paris for lighting fires and clashing with riot police.

The Council of Europe condemned the government for using “excessive force” to police the protests, while France’s national Consultative Commission on Human Rights claimed that hundreds of demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested and subjected to extreme “kettling” tactics by police.

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Iran blasts the blatant violations of human rights in the US and Europe, stressing for the US, human rights is merely a tool for exerting political pressure on independent states to advance their foreign policy objectives. Officials in Tehran call on the international community to hold the US accountable for its crimes. They mocked the US claim over supporting Iranian women and girls amid harsh sanctions which have disrupted the ordinary lives of the people.

Tehran has also denounces the disturbing human rights situation in the European countries, and note the West does not have the authority to be the flag-bearer in this field.

Iranian officials have numerously urged the international organizations to condemn police brutality against women in the United States and European states, instead of expressing concern over human rights in other countries.