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| Iran slams Paris police attack on IRIB crew |
| 2018-05-03 |
| [PRESSTV] Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned French police after two Iranian media crew members were heavily injured by police during recent violent festivities with protesters in Gay Paree. Qassemi said on Wednesday that the French police should provide security for citizens and "guarantee the professional activities of journalists and the press." An Iranian correspondent and a cameraman from Iran’s state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? IRIB were covering the protest rally by anti-government demonstrators in Gay Paree on Tuesday when the two were maimed as police clashed with protesters. Shahsavar Hosseini, the IRIB correspondent in the French capital, passed out after inhaling tear gas during the demonstrations. Ramin Tohidian, a cameraman of the Iranian TV crew, was also maimed after being hit in the head by a rubber bullet and rushed to hospital. He is reportedly in the intensive care unit due to severe brain hemorrhage. The Foreign Ministry Spokesman (seen below) said that from the very beginning of the incident, Iran’s embassy in Gay Paree has been seriously following up on the health condition of the IRIB team, and expressed hope that they would recover soon. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Iran’s embassy in Gay Paree has been seriously following up on the health condition of the IRIB team... You know where to send the bill for those medical expenses. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-05-03 10:31 |
| #2 "guarantee the professional activities of journalists and the press." Apparently PRESSTV has a sense of humor |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-03 10:21 |
| #1 "were covering the protest" a little known fact is that in Farsi, "covering" and "co-ordinating" have the same meaning. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2018-05-03 09:16 |