According to the Elysee, the delegation included US-based activist Masih Alinejad, Shima Babaei, who has campaigned for justice for her father who has disappeared in homeland, and Ladan Boroumand, the co-founder of a Washington-based rights group.Macron last month said France “stands by” the protesters in homeland and expressed his “admiration” for women and youths demonstrating in the country, while condemning what he called “repression” by the authorities.