Italy's Ambassador to Iran Giuseppe
Perrone has been summoned by the Iranian foreign ministry due to
the participation of a dissident at event in the Italian
parliament, the IRNA news agency said on Friday.
The question regards the presence of Maryam Rajavi, leader of
the exiled opposition Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), at
an event organized by the Luigi Einaudi Foundation.
The ambassador was told that "hosting a criminal terrorist
amounts to encouraging and promoting terrorism and the Islamic
Republic will not tolerate moves of this type by anyone and
expresses serious condemnation," IRNA reported.
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