In negotiations with Iran, Catherine Ashton, head of EU Foreign Policy, no shook hands with the mediator in Tehran and took great care to even touch her or look directly at him. The British had given up his clothes and wore colorful black and beige.
The talks were held last week in Istanbul, the western city of Turkey, a Muslim country, but officially secular, where mini-skirts and the necklines are common. But Ashton does not want to offend the messenger of the regime of Ahmadinejad, Saeed Jalili. And yet, her outfit was not enough for the Iranian press, which was commissioned to go to Britain for Photoshop to remove a discrete cleavage. Ashton wore a black shirt under the jacket and a necklace, but in the version of some Iranian newspapers, the shirt up to his neck and trim away. In addition, the breasts and the outline of the spokeswoman of the EU appear reduced. A web of Iranian dissidents hung the two versions.
spokeswoman MUNDO.ES Ashton confirmed the existence of the altered version, but argued that the EU diplomatic "at all times complied with the protocol." "They are international negotiations in a third ... and the high representative at all times complied with the rules. She was dressed properly, not Jalili shook hands," said the spokesman, who says the arrangement is for "domestic consumption" in a country where women are forced to wear veils.
Within the EU delegation had two other women, one responsible for EU policy and a German diplomat. In Istanbul, the Iranians did not complain about the appearance of their interlocutors. In other conversations, and have a face to other European women, including Cristina Gallach, English and spokesperson for Javier Solana, Ashton's predecessor in the long and fruitless talks with Iran over its nuclear program dark.
The two days of talks in Istanbul ended without any progress, as happened to Solana for nearly five years. The British said "disappointed" by the inflexibility of Tehran and stressed the "lack of cooperation" from Iran, which refuses to stop enriching uranium.
Excerpted from The World (Maria Ramirez)
The talks were held last week in Istanbul, the western city of Turkey, a Muslim country, but officially secular, where mini-skirts and the necklines are common. But Ashton does not want to offend the messenger of the regime of Ahmadinejad, Saeed Jalili. And yet, her outfit was not enough for the Iranian press, which was commissioned to go to Britain for Photoshop to remove a discrete cleavage. Ashton wore a black shirt under the jacket and a necklace, but in the version of some Iranian newspapers, the shirt up to his neck and trim away. In addition, the breasts and the outline of the spokeswoman of the EU appear reduced. A web of Iranian dissidents hung the two versions.
spokeswoman MUNDO.ES Ashton confirmed the existence of the altered version, but argued that the EU diplomatic "at all times complied with the protocol." "They are international negotiations in a third ... and the high representative at all times complied with the rules. She was dressed properly, not Jalili shook hands," said the spokesman, who says the arrangement is for "domestic consumption" in a country where women are forced to wear veils.
Within the EU delegation had two other women, one responsible for EU policy and a German diplomat. In Istanbul, the Iranians did not complain about the appearance of their interlocutors. In other conversations, and have a face to other European women, including Cristina Gallach, English and spokesperson for Javier Solana, Ashton's predecessor in the long and fruitless talks with Iran over its nuclear program dark.
The two days of talks in Istanbul ended without any progress, as happened to Solana for nearly five years. The British said "disappointed" by the inflexibility of Tehran and stressed the "lack of cooperation" from Iran, which refuses to stop enriching uranium.
Excerpted from The World (Maria Ramirez)
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