Iran Demands European Lawmaker Not To Accuse President Of Killings
German member of European Parliament Hannah Neumann says the Iranian regime in a letter condemned her remarks against the president of the Islamic Republic.
German member of European Parliament Hannah Neumann says the Iranian regime in a letter condemned her remarks against the president of the Islamic Republic.
In a letter to the Embassy of Sweden in Tehran, the Islamic Republic has asked the Swedish government in its capacity as the President of the Council of the European Union, to convey Iran’s protest to the relevant authorities of the European Parliament and the European Council.
In late May, Neuman protested the spiral of executions in Iran saying people, such as Ebrahim Raisi, got away with killing thousands and his impunity persists after decades.
Iran’s foreign ministry called the statement by Neumann regarding the impunity of President Ebrahim Raisi in the killing of thousands in the 80s “provocative and biased”.
“The anti-Iranian statements and activities of the stated individual, especially her latest provocations in recent months, lack legal legitimacy, they are based on distortion of reality and misinformation, they are far from rationality and political wisdom," read the letter published by Neumann on her Twitter Saturday.
Raisi is accused of having had a direct role in executing thousands of political prisoners in 1988.
“Accusing a President, who was elected by the majority of the Iranian citizens, in a democratic process in a free election, is simply a showcase of an illegitimate and of course a failed political agenda, which is unfortunately linked to the current Iran phobia trend in Europe,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry wrote in the letter.
Elections in Iran are not free or competitive, as most candidates are rejected by regime's pre-screening process.
