The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday invited the Russian Ambassador in Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan for a discussion over a recent photo that caused a public outcry in Iran, the Russian embassy said
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 12th August, 2021) The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday invited the Russian Ambassador in Tehran Levan Dzhagaryan for a discussion over a recent photo that caused a public outcry in Iran, the Russian embassy said.
Dzhagaryan recently met with UK ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff in a place where the 1943 Tehran Conference took place, and the photo of the diplomats after a meeting was criticized in Iran as the conference is associated with the presence of foreign forces in the country. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other politicians have condemned the photo.
"Today ... Dzhagaryan was invited to the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding the controversial reaction of the Iranian public to the photo published jointly with the UK Ambassador in Tehran Simon Shercliff," the embassy said in a statement, obtained by Sputnik.
The Russian diplomatic mission added that the discussion was "held in a friendly manner" and the Iranian side received "all necessary explanations" regarding the photo.
"The ambassador expressed regret for the misunderstanding," the embassy added.
