EU Parliament head responds to Iran mission, backs protesters’ demands

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Friday responded to criticism from Iran’s mission to the EU by saying protesters in Iran were seeking basic freedoms, including the right to express dissent online without fear of arrest or violence.

“Must be nice to be able to tweet from Europe and be able to use the Internet freely to publicly disagree with leaders, without being arrested, beaten or having the country’s telecommunications disabled,” Metsola wrote on X. “That’s the sort of thing people in Iran’s streets are asking for.”

Her comments came after Iran’s mission to the EU accused European lawmakers of what it called interference in Iran’s internal affairs.