Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan was arrested minutes after leaving the General Assembly to protest the death of Mahsa Amini during a speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
he Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan arrested This Tuesday, after protests took place during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s speech.
according to fox news digitalrepresentatives of the State of Israel left the general venue to protest the Iranian president’s speech.
In this context, Erdan displayed a photo of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was brutally murdered by the country’s morality police in 2022. This is because they do not wear the hijab (the veil that women in that country must wear) properly.
This unfortunate event sparked a wave of protests that alarmed the Islamic State, but remember that these were reprimanded by the Iranian government and some protesters were arrested and even executed in public. want.
Following the protests, the Israeli ambassador was detained by United Nations security personnel for unspecified reasons. However, he was later released.
???? #breaking news | United Nations security officials have detained Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan for protesting against Iranian dictator Ebrahim Raisi.
President Erdan has denounced his detention while allowing Raisi, known as the “Butcher of Tehran” and accused of human rights abuses, to be detained. pic.twitter.com/eO7MSwt4cm
— VOICE (@Voz_US) September 19, 2023
Through his social networks, Gilad Erdan described the space given to the Iranian president’s speech as “a new moral stain on the United Nations” and said: “Those who roll out the red carpet for murderers and anti-Semites” We must take responsibility.” Action. “
“Meanwhile, hundreds of Iranians were protesting in front of the United Nations, pleading with the international community for help. “I will never stop fighting for the truth, and I will always support the UN’s moral distortions.” “We will expose it,” he declared.
A new moral stain on the United Nations!! ️
When Iranian President Raisi, the “Butcher of Tehran,” began his speech, I remembered Mahsa Amini, an innocent Iranian woman who was brutally murdered by the regime a year ago for not wearing her hijab “properly.” I waved the photo.
Meanwhile, outside the United Nations… pic.twitter.com/ZVq80Zpt9N
— Ambassador Gilad Erdan (@giladerdan1) September 19, 2023
On the other hand, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s speech criticized the United States as the cause of instability in the world, and was notable for his attacks on the United States.
“As independent states become increasingly aligned towards cooperation and convergence, some great powers seek to use Cold War thinking to provoke conflict in different regions and reshape the bloc.” [escala] It’s global,” Raisi said.
“This regressive initiative poses a serious threat to national security and prosperity.” It added: “The Islamic Republic of Iran is adamant that a new East-West divide should not be allowed to form.” Ta.
In parallel, Raisi’s appearance at the United Nations General Assembly drew a large number of protesters outside the venue.
On the other hand, we remember that former President Trump sanctioned the Iranian president for his role in the 1988 massacre of 5,000 Iranian political prisoners and the 2019 massacre of 1,500 Iranian protesters by the clerical regime. worth it.
Source: Biobiochile
