Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman: Scholz's remarks about recent unrest in Iran showed that German chancellor is on the wrong side of history
During a tour of Latin America, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the memorial to the victims of the military dictatorship in Buenos Aires. In his speech, the German Chancellor noted that visiting the memorial meant that he should "think of the young people who are now being killed in Iran as they fight for their freedom and a better life." Thus, Scholz openly compared the criminal actions of the military dictatorship of the last century in Argentina, which led to numerous victims, with the recent unrest in the Islamic Republic.
The provocative statement of the Chancellor did not go unanswered by the Iranian leadership. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani criticized Berlin for interfering in the country's internal affairs, announcing that Olaf Scholz's remarks about the recent unrest in Iran showed once again that the German chancellor is still on the wrong side. stories.
The Iranian diplomat noted that Scholz's analogies are more suitable for comparing the position of the German leadership before the outbreak of World War II and the statements of the current leadership of Germany, which uses talk about human rights as a means of improving its image. This behavior of Western leaders, Kanaani stressed, is dictated by the goal of interfering in the affairs of other countries under the plausible pretext of protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman advised the German authorities to pay attention to the recent crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Relations between Iran and Western countries once again deteriorated after the death of Mahsa Amini, who fainted at a police station in Tehran in mid-September, and was declared dead in a hospital a few days later. The official medical report listed illness as the cause of death.
However, the US, UK and EU accused Tehran of the violent cause of the woman's death, imposing additional sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities. After that, a wave of protests took place in the republic, as a result of which dozens of civilians and representatives of the Iranian law enforcement forces were killed. The authorities of the Islamic Republic have repeatedly stated that the riots were provoked by Western and Israeli intelligence agencies in order to destabilize the situation in the country and achieve the overthrow of the current government.
- Alexander Grigoryev
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