While reporting on the Iranian regime’s president visit to Paris, the ABC News took notice of a large demonstration by the Iranian dissidents in Paris on Thursday, Jan. 28th condemning the clerical regime atrocities in Iran.
The news establishment said the historic outreach trip did face some strains, however, in a reminder of the complexities confronting all sides despite the French welcome mat.
France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent ballistic missile tests, officials told The Associated Press. That highlights continued suspicions between Iran and the West.
Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran, with headquarters outside Paris, held a demonstration, and 61 lawmakers signed an open letter to Hollande condemning Iran’s human rights record, with executions on the rise, and what it called its “strategy of chaos” in the Middle East.