Chancellor Olaf Scholz accuses Tehran of “cruelty and disregard for human life” and criticizes drone delivery to Russia
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized the regime in Tehran for its violent and ruthless response to the popular protests that have rocked the country since mid-September following the death of 22-year-old Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini while under arrest. not wear a head covering. “Which government is capable of shooting its own citizens? Whoever acts like this must count on our opposition,” Scholz emphasized in a video message released by his agency this Saturday, denouncing serious human rights violations by the Iranian authorities.
The German Social Democratic leader refers to the protests that have been shaking Iran for weeks, the ruthless crackdown of the security forces against the demonstrators, the arbitrary arrests and the recent death sentences, and warns that the West is closely monitoring what is happening in the streets, in the classrooms of universities and colleges and in the courts. “We see a struggle for freedom and justice. And we see how Iranian drones attack and kill Ukrainian cities. All this is unacceptable,” says the head of the German government firmly.
Scholz confirms that there will be more and new sanctions against Iran by the European Union, after the agreement that the member states reached this Friday. Words are no longer enough “in the face of brutality and disregard for human life,” says the Chancellor. New sanctions will follow next week. We want to step up the pressure on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and political leadership, says Scholz, who also responds to threats recently made by Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hussein Amirabdollahian, against Germany.
Iran’s head of diplomacy said on Thursday that his country intends to respond to German criticism of the actions of his country’s security forces against participants in popular protests. “Germany can choose between cooperating to face common challenges or through confrontation,” Amirabdohallian wrote on Twitter, warning that “our response will be adequate and determined,” noting that damaging historic bilateral relations will have repercussions on the will have in the long run.
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Green Annalena Baerbock had addressed Tehran authorities, saying that “we support the women and men of Iran, not just today, but for as long as it takes.” In addition to announcing new sanctions against the regime in Tehran, Baerbock stressed that “at the same time, we are working for an extraordinary meeting on Iran to be held in the United Nations Human Rights Council opening a mechanism to clarify” what is happening in that land.
Source: La Verdad
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