Australian ambassador to Iran in hot water over Instagram post supporting LGBTIQ+ community [Video]

The Australian ambassador to Iran has been summoned to offices in the nation’s capital over an Instagram post the embassy shared in support of the LGBTIQ+ community.

Ian McConville was summoned to the foreign ministry office in Tehran, Iran’s capital, after the official consular Instagram posted a photo and message for Wear It Purple Day, Iran news agency ILNA reports.

Wear It Purple is an annual awareness day which aims to support the LGBTIQ+ community in Australia.

State media in Iran, where same-sex relations are illegal, said the post was “norm-breaking” and “promoted sexuality”.

ILNA quoted McConville as saying the post was not intended to insult the Iranian people and their Islamic values.

He also noted the Islamic Republic was not mentioned in the post, ILNA reports.

The post, originally written in Farsi, remains live on the Australia In Iran embassy Instagram page.

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