Certain Western states incite violence, terrorism in Iran: Foreign minister

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has once again decried the Western double standards regarding human rights and women as well as interference in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic which provoke violence and terrorism in the country.

Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra on Friday, referring to the riots across the country following the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody in September.

Efforts by certain Western officials and circles, the Iranian minister said, to incite the Iranian youth and women and the instrumental use of the media are diplomatically “unconstructive.”

The Iranian foreign minister said rioters and perpetrators of the acts of terror and those who used weapons against the police forces would undoubtedly face justice in accordance with the judicial law of the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, in a tweet on Friday, Amir-Abdollahian singled out Germany’s “hypocritical and duplicitous” stance on the circumstances in Iran. He said fighting terrorism, violence and hate speech are clear international responsibility, adding Germany considers such scourges as red lines for itself but incites the same sinister phenomena in Iran and denounces Tehran’s legitimate campaign against them.

Speaking in a news conference in Berlin on Friday, a German government spokesperson called on Tehran to immediately end its ‘violence’ against protesters and confirmed Germany had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Berlin.

Britain and Canada have also imposed fresh sanctions on Iran over alleged human rights violations while the European Union is also reportedly set to impose more bans on the country.

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