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‘Humiliation’: Iranian MPs ridiculed for scrambling to take selfies with EU’s Mogherini

8 Aug 2017 - 14:55


RT- Iranian MPs have been ridiculed for scrambling to take selfies with top EU diplomat Federica Mogherini, while she was visiting the country to attend the swearing in ceremony of President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday.

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Yesterday in  to attend @HassanRouhani inauguration. Working to guarantee full implementation of nuclear deal: https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/30775/press-release-visit-high-representativevice-president-tehran-iran_en 



5:21 PM - Aug 6, 2017






Press release on the visit of the High representative/Vice-president to Tehran, Iran - EEAS -...


Press release on the visit of the High representative/Vice-president to Tehran, Iran - European Union External Action



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Photos show a number of Iranian politicians scrambling to get close to the Italian, some MPs going so far as to perch themselves on tables to get a snap with the diplomat. Iran's Fars news agency described their behavior as “strange.”


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8:58 PM - Aug 5, 2017


Many comments appeared on Iranian social media under the hashtag "selfies of humiliation." Some social media users mocked the politicians, with reference to famous films in which men - or rather dwarves in this case - fawn over a woman.



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9:48 AM - Aug 6, 2017



This popular tweet compared the commotion to the famous scene in the film ‘Malèna’, in which a group of men fall over themselves in an attempt to light Italian beauty Monica Bellucci’s cigarette.



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11:39 PM - Aug 5, 2017




The Ghanoon daily published a cartoon of Mogherini mocked up to resemble Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’ with MPs taking photos in the background.



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11:10 AM - Aug 7, 2017


Mogherini has long sought to strengthen ties between the Islamic Republic and the European Union. She has been praised for her negotiating skills which contributed to the 2015 international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.


Story Code: 271520

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