Cameraman roughed up by Iranian security force before Ashton (video)

March 15, 2014

Entertainment , Society , Politics

Persian News Collection Engine, Kodoom.com: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's visit to Iran was controversial both in Israel and Iran. Israel's right wing politicians like Netanyahu blamed her for the friendly visit to Iran by foreign Minister Zarif's invitation to push nuclear talks ahead. Inside Iran, right wing radicals criticized Ashton for informally meeting with Iran's women's and human rights activists (link). But now a video published by Iran's state-run TV shows a scuffle between an unmarked security officer and a journalist right in front of Ashton while she was touring Iran's historic city of Isfahan:

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