During his trip to Bursa, Turkey to attend the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the death of the former Prime Minister of Turkey, Najmuddin Arbakan, Ahmadinejad gave an interview to the BBC’s Farsi reporter, despite the Iranian government banning him from interviewing with the BBC. Another side effect was that several people protested Ahmadinejad’s speech during the ceremony, holding the flag of the Syrian opposition.On August 4, 2014, Seyed Adel Heydari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s lawyer, announced his client’s complaint against Ishaq Jahangiri for defamation and publication of falsehoods. He stated: “The judicial complaint against Mr. Ishaq Jahangiri is considered the first step in legal confrontation with poisoned propaganda and unjust accusations against the previous government, and of course it will not be the last step, and a lawsuit will be filed against other slanderers, in whatever situation they are.