Iran postponed asylum negotiations over Mohammad cartoon on minister’s iPad Inger Støjberg’s decision to post photo on social media last year had diplomatic consequences

December 11, 2018   

(Copenhagen Post) According to the Immigration Ministry, a Danish agreement with Iran regarding the return of rejected asylum-seekers stalled after its minister, Inger Støjberg, posted a photo on social media last year.

The photo in question showed that Støjberg had a photo of one of the contentious Mohammad cartoons from 2005 on her iPad desktop — which Iran considered a provocation, thus postponing the negotiations on the asylum-seekers.

“As part of the asylum-seeker dialogue with Iran, a visit by the immigration minister to Tehran was scheduled for November 2017. The visit was postponed as the Iranians expressed displeasure with the minister’s iPad desktop,” Støjberg said in a hearing, according to DR Nyheder.

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