Iran Criticizes Germany Over MP’s Expulsion for “Palestine” Shirt
WANA (Jun 05) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, has strongly criticized Germany following the reported expulsion of a German parliamentarian for wearing a t-shirt bearing the word “Palestine.”
In a statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account, Baghaei wrote: “The fact that even the word ‘Palestine’ on a T-shirt is too much for Germany’s Bundestag is extremely ironic and suggestive of systemic hypocrisy of those same people who claim to support an independent Palestinian State.
He went on to say that “normalizing Israel’s genocide stands as the darkest tragedy in the world today and Israel’s supporters & apologists are no less than complicit in its atrocities.”
Baghaei’s remarks come amid increasing international criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza and a wider global debate over freedom of expression in support of Palestine.