""Several weeks ago, invitations were issued to individual government representatives from Iran. In light of current events, the Munich Security Conference will not uphold these invitations," an MSC spokesperson told the German Press Agency in response to an inquiry. Earlier, the German Foreign Office had advised against extending an invitation. "We consider participation inappropriate in view of the bloody suppression of protests," a spokesperson said at a press conference."
"The Munich Security Conference, considered one of the world's most important security policy gatherings, is scheduled to take place from February 13 to 15 at Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel. Iran had not been invited in the past three years under previous conference chair Christoph Heusgen. Current conference head Wolfgang Ischinger, who for years led the conference and is acting head until Norway's Jens Stoltenberg takes up the role, had initially opted to extend an invitation but later reversed the decision."
The Munich Security Conference revoked invitations to individual Iranian government representatives after reports of violent suppression of protests and mass fatalities. The German Foreign Office advised against participation, calling it inappropriate given the bloody suppression. Reports indicated Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi intended to attend, and the foreign office reaffirmed its objection. Iran had not been invited during the past three years under former chair Christoph Heusgen. Wolfgang Ischinger initially extended an invitation but later reversed the decision. The MSC has not decided whether to invite Iranian opposition figures in exile. The protests began amid a severe economic crisis and evolved into calls to end clerical rule.
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