Tunisian President: Ghannouchi's Imprisonment Was Due to Calls for Civil War

Tunisian President Kais Saied stated that he "rejects blatant foreign interference," hinting that "the imprisonment of the Ennahda movement leader Rached Ghannouchi was due to calls for civil war." The investigating judge issued a decision to place Ghannouchi, one of the staunchest opponents of the Tunisian president, in prison on suspicion of conspiracy against state security, amidst widespread international criticism from the United States, Europe, and Turkey.