Iran lodges official protest to Moscow for its deputies heading for Minsk

The Ministry of Foreign Affaires of Iran has lodged an official protest to Russia in connection with the fact that Iranian deputies heading for Minsk were searched at the airport in Moscow. The parliamentarians’ luggage was searched in spite of the immunity of the deputies. The Russian chargé d'affaires pro tempore in Iran Alexei Dedov has received a protest mentioning the fact that employees of Moscow airport behaved in the way “that was not appropriate for interstate relations”.

Let us remind you that a delegation of a parliamentary group of friendship “Iran-Belarus” was going to Minsk for a work visit on August 8. However, the deputies were searched at Moscow airport.

RIA Novosti