Majlis Speaker�Ali Larijani supported President Hassan Rouhani�s decision to postpone his state visit to Austria due to security reasons.
�When an inviting country does not consider all of the security concerns, then the guest needs to make the right decision. Our president did so,� he said.
According to Larijani�s remarks, the reason for canceling the plan was rally planned by the anti-Iran terrorist group, Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, which was to be held during President Rouhani�s visit to the European country.

Larijani noted that the Austrian government declined the request of the Iranian president�s security team for cancelling the permission granted for MKO�s rally, ISNA reported.
The top lawmaker criticized the media that merely reflected the Austrian president�s statements about lack of any �security problem� regarding the trip.

�Maybe the Austrian president meant their country is secure from Daesh [an Arabic acronym for the self-styled Islamic State militant group], but the issue was covered differently by domestic media and negatively affected the public mind,� he said.

Last Tuesday, the official website of the president stated that President Rouhani�s visit to Austria, which was scheduled for March 30-31, has been postponed.
According to this short notice, the decision was made due to �security reasons�, stating that �further arrangements� need to be made.

�Of course, it goes without saying that each state must make its own decisions about security and the head of state�s security,� Austrian President Heinz Fischer�s office said in a statement cited by Reuters. �The quality of relations with Iran will not be affected by this postponement.�

By Financial Tribune