“The European delegation didn’t even show the minimum respect for the rules of diplomatic behavior and held a meeting with sedition activists and convicts and sympathized with them,” Larijani said in a televised interview on Sunday night.

“The European delegation’s behavior shows that the westerners have not changed their policy towards Iran,” he added.

The delegation of the European parliament secretly met with lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film director Jafar Panahi in the Greek Embassy during its recent visit to Tehran. The two were tried and convicted for their involvement in the unrests following the 2009 presidential election.