Iranian MPs: European Parliament’s anti-Iran resolution ‘ridiculous’

In a Saturday statement, members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee branded the resolution as “ridiculous,” saying the European Parliament is the same body that remained silent against the “cowardly assassinations of innocent Iranian scientists,” Press TV reported.

On Thursday and Friday, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the human rights situation in China, Iran and Egypt.

It condemned the human rights situation in Iran and criticized the country for the recent executions of Ruhollah Zam, the administrator of the Amad News counterrevolutionary website, Navid Afkari, who was convicted of murder, and the imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian national Ahmadreza Djalali, who is convicted of espionage.

The resolution also demanded “targeted EU measures” against Iranian officials for alleged human rights violations.

On the opposite, read the statement of the Iranian lawmakers, the European Parliament has always supported terrorists, including the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO), separatist groups and leaders of terrorist groups.

The MPs maintained that Western states are not in a position to lecture anyone about human rights due to their continued support for "Zionists, terrorists and murderous dictators."

The committee further tasked the Foreign Ministry with presenting to the Iranian Parliament a list of the European officials who have been involved in the imposition of Iran sanctions, especially the medical ones, as well as those European officials who have supported terrorist groups and judges who have issued sentences against innocent Iranian nationals.

In their Saturday statement, the members of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee also condemned the French government’s reaction to the execution of Zam as well as a recent report published by the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee about Iran.

Last Saturday, France strongly condemned Zam’s execution and described it as an “unacceptable act,” prompting Tehran to summon the French ambassador to express its protest.

Source: Iran Daily