No Lessons to Take From Iran Over Press, Judicial Freedoms: France

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday it had ended the activities of the French Institute of Research in Iran and was re-evaluating France's cultural activities in the country.
46% : "Let's remember that in France press freedom exists contrary to what's happening in Iran and that this (freedom) is overseen by a judge within the framework of an independent judiciary, which is something that Iran without doubt doesn't know well," she said, adding that there were no blasphemy laws in France.
31% : Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticising France, Foreign Minster Catherine Colonna said on Thursday, a day after Paris' envoy in Tehran was summoned over cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
30% : Speaking to LCI TV, Colonna said it was Iran that was pursuing bad policies through its violence against its population and detention of French nationals.
25% : Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to revive nuclear talks, to which France is one of the parties, have stalled and Tehran has detained seven of its nationals.
23% : The Charlie Hebdo cartoons triggered an angry response from Iran with Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warning that the "offensive and indecent" move would receive a firm response from Tehran.

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