Thursday, 12 August 2021 (YJC)_ In reaction to the photo published by the ambassadors of Britain and Russia, Iran's Parliament Speaker called for their immediate apology.
In a tweet on Thursday ran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf lashed out at the Russian and British ambassadors to Tehran for posting an inappropriate photo and asked them to apologize immediately.
“The diplomatically disrespectful and improper behavior by ambassadors of Russia and Britain should be quickly addressed by the foreign ministry,” he said while condemning the photo opportunity in the Russian embassy.
Qalibaf insisted that both ambassadors must immediately apologize for the behavior.
Today, President Raeisi's proposed foriegn minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also referred to this photo and called for the rapid correction of non-diplomatic moves.
The photo published by the ambassadors of Britain and Russia was similar to the famous photo of the meeting of the leaders of the three allied leaders in World War II in Tehran.
The Russian Embassy in Tehran justified the envoy's move in a series of tweets and wrote “Taking into account the ambiguous reaction to our photo, we would like to note that it does not have any anti-Iranian context. We were not going to offend the feelings of the friendly Iranian people.”
It also added “The only meaning that this photo has to pay tribute to the joint efforts of the allied states against Nazism during the Second World War. Iran is our friend and neighbor, and we will continue to strengthen relations based on mutual respect.”