Meloni's list of ministers includes just six out of 24 women, or 25 percent, compared to her predecessor Mario Draghi's cabinet, which was 30 percent women and 50 percent in Matteo Renzi's government in 2014.

After Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing bloc swept to victory, is there any way back for Italy’s center-left?

Mr Abdollahian said Tehran supports peaceful demonstrations, a citizen's legal right.