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France, Italy, Germany and UK summon Iranian envoys over crackdown
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France’s foreign minister said he had summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday over the “unbearable and inhumane” crackdown by Iranian authorities to quell protests across the country.
“I have conveyed this condemnation to my Iranian counterpart. It will be reiterated to the Iranian ambassador in Paris, whom I summoned today,” Jean-Noel Barrot told lawmakers in parliament.
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“There can be no impunity for those who turned their weapons against peaceful protesters.”
Italy’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he had summoned the Iranian ambassador over the “absolutely unacceptable” crackdown by Iranian authorities to quell protests across the country.
“These days, men and women across Iran are fighting in the streets and squares, paying a very high price,” minister Antonio Tajani told the lower house of parliament.
Germany also summoned Iran’s ambassador in Berlin on Tuesday over the crackdown by Iranian authorities on protesters.
“The brutal actions of the Iranian regime against its own people are shocking. We urge Iran to end the violence against its own citizens and to respect their rights. The Iranian ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry today,” said the German ministry on social media platform X.
British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Tuesday condemned the Iranian leadership for what she described as the “horrendous and brutal killing” of protesters, saying Britain had summoned the Iranian ambassador to underline the gravity of the situation.
“The United Kingdom condemns in the strongest of terms the horrendous and brutal killing of Iranian protesters, and we demand that the Iranian authorities respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of their citizens,” Cooper told parliament.
She said her office had called in the Iranian ambassador to Britain to underline “the gravity of this moment and to call Iran to answer for the horrific reports that we are hearing.”
Reuters reported on Tuesday that Iran acknowledged about 2,000 deaths during two weeks of nationwide protests over economic hardship, as the US considers new tariffs and possible military action.
Cooper told lawmakers Britain would bring forward legislation to implement full and further sanctions and sectoral measures against Iran.
The unrest in Iran, sparked by dire economic conditions, has been the biggest internal challenge to authorities for at least three years and comes amid intensifying international pressure after Israeli and US strikes last year.
Iran’s clerical authorities, in power since a 1979 Islamic Revolution, have tried to take a dual approach to the demonstrations, calling protests over economic problems legitimate while enforcing a harsh security crackdown. They have accused the US and Israel of fomenting unrest and said unnamed people they call terrorists have hijacked the protests.
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