INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Irans Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf has condemned insulting animations by a French satirical magazine.On Sunday,
Qalibaf chaired an open session of the Iranian Parliament in which he said the French magazine Charlie Hebdos relocate to insult the Leader
of the Islamic Revolution shows that the West is filled with bitterness at stopping working to perform the task to foment riots in
Iran.Qalibaf condemned the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdos move to introduce a competition to produce caricatures of the Iranian
religious authority.He said the insulting act exposes the lack of reasoning and the Western front anger at the failure of the project of
riots in Iran.The French magazine has published outrageous animations on Iran
The profane animations were commonly thought about sacrilege as they portrayed Iranian religious and political authorities in an extremely
inappropriate way.The enemies of the Islamic Revolution used all of their political, economic, global, media and security capabilities and
tried to unfairly target the pillar of Iran, particularly the prudent and popular Leader of the Islamic Revolution, however individuals of
Iran stymied their plots, Qalibaf added.He highlighted that the useless insults that reflect the opponents frustration will only strengthen
the Iranian individualss willpower to move towards independence and development.The senior lawmaker contacted the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to take major retaliatory action versus the French government to make the world realize that no one is enabled to offend Irans
national values and signs.=========Qalibaf due in Turkey this weekQalibaf will pay a visit to Turkey today for an Asian parliamentary
Qalibaf will be accompanied by a parliamentary delegation throughout his participation in the 13th Plenary Session of the Asian
Parliamentary Assembly (APA) which will be held in the resort city of Antalya
The Plenary Session of APA will happen at Titanic Mardan Palace Hotel in Antalya, Turkey, from January 7 to 11, according to a Tasnim report
The conference will be participated in by the parliament speakers from 7 countries, namely Turkey, Iran, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Saudi
Arabia, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan and Yemen, in addition to four deputy speakers, 25 taking part members and five taking part observers.The
APA was developed in 2006 at the Seventh Session of the Association of Asian Parliamentary for Peace (AAPP)
It has 42 Member Parliaments and 16 observers.The assembly has actually been created as an online forum to exchange views, ideas and
experiences for establishing typical methods and promoting peace in Asia and the world, according to its website.The APA is consisted of the
Plenary, the Executive Council, Bureau of the Assembly, the Committees, and the Secretariat.
