Iran has summoned the Italian ambassador to protest “interventionist” insurance policies, the overseas ministry mentioned late Thursday, a day after Rome referred to as in Tehran’s envoy over its response to nationwide protests.

The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests for the reason that September 16 loss of life in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, following her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the strict gown code for girls.

Iran says a whole lot of individuals have been killed within the unrest, together with members of the safety forces, and hundreds have been arrested nationwide.

Tehran summoned Italy’s Giuseppe Perrone to protest “the continuation of the interventionist statements and actions of some Italian officers within the inside affairs” of Iran, the overseas ministry mentioned in a press release.

“Selective and double normal approaches relating to human rights are fully unacceptable and rejected from the attitude of the Islamic republic of Iran,” it added.

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In additional than 100 days of protests within the nation, Iran has referred to as in over a dozen ambassadors from Western nations together with Britain, France and Germany.

However the newest transfer by Tehran got here only a day after Italian Overseas Minister Antonio Tajani summoned ambassador-designate Mohammad Reza Sabouri to protest the “unacceptable” response by Iranian authorities.

“I strongly requested to not perform any extra executions, to cease the violent repression and to enter a dialogue with protesters,” Tajani tweeted on Wednesday.

“The Italian authorities will do all the things doable to ensure respect for human rights in Iran.”

Iran executed two folks in connection to the protests earlier in December. The judiciary has mentioned 9 others have additionally been sentenced to loss of life.

Tajani had beforehand condemned the state of affairs in Iran as an “unacceptable disgrace”, saying Rome adopted a “onerous line” in defence of ladies.

Iranian authorities accuse hostile overseas powers, primarily its arch-enemy the US but in addition some European nations, of stoking what they name “riots”.