Iran summons French envoy over 'insulting' Cannes remarksThis sparked a diplomatic row, with Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Mohammad Tanhaei calling the comments "insulting remarks and unfounded allegations", state media reported. Following the win, French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Panahi's win was "a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression". Iran summoned France's envoy in Tehran to protest against "insulting" remarks made by the French foreign minister after an Iranian filmmaker won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. During the meeting with the French envoy, Tanhaei called Barrot's comments "blatant interference" in the country's internal affairs, according to the same report from Iran's PressTV. "As soon as I finish my work here I will go back to Iran," he told reporters in Cannes.