FM warns EU of reciprocal move if it imposes restrictive measures

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that Tehran will take reciprocal action if the European Union (EU) imposes any restrictive measures against the Islamic Republic over the recent foreign-backed riots in the country.

According to Press TV, in a tweet, Amir-Abdollahian said he relayed the warning during a phone conversation with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna

The top diplomat said that both sides  agreed that “mutual respect and benefit override relations,” and that “violence and terror should be confronted.”

“I objected to Europe's interference in our internal affairs,” he said, stressing that Iran will reciprocate if EU restrictive measures applied.”

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution with regard to recent riots in Iran, calling on the EU officials to impose sanctions against Iranian officials who have been involved in an alleged crackdown on protests.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the resolution as “meddlesome” and “baseless,” vowing to give an “appropriate” response to the imposition of any restrictive measures against Iranian people.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has already summoned Frances’s chargé d'affaires to Tehran to protest meddlesome measures by the French government in Iran’s domestic affairs and its stance about riots instigated by counterrevolutionary elements.

The Islamic Republic has also summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors as well as the charge d’affaires of Sweden to voice the country’s protest at the respected governments’ stances about recent riots in Iran and their failure to protect the Iranian embassies.

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