Iranian government summons Czech diplomats to tell EU not to interfere

Czech diplomats were summoned by the Iranian government on Tuesday in light of the criticism Tehran has faced following last week’s elections. On Saturday, the Czech EU presidency expressed concern about alleged irregularities in Iran’s presidential elections. In a statement, the presidency also said that it was worried about the street violence which erupted after official results were announced. On Tuesday, Czech chargé d’affairs Josef Havlas was summoned by the Iranian government and told that ‘neither the European Union nor other countries are in the position to make interfering remarks against Iran’, especially, said the government, about the country’s recent elections.