Iran censures US House committee’s vote to oust Muslim lawmaker

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has censured a decision by the Republicans in the US House of Representatives to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile House committee.

According to Press TV, the Republican-led chamber on Thursday voted to oust Somali-born Omar from her seat on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee over the Muslim lawmaker’s mocking of American politicians for their unwarranted support of the Israeli regime in exchange for financial rewards.

In reaction to the highly politicized move, Nasser Kan’ani said boycotting a critic of the Israeli apartheid regime depicts the United States’ “parliamentary tyranny.”

“Ousting Ilhan Omar black Muslim & critic of Israeli #Apartheid from a House committee indicates practical commitment of US to motto of #woman, life, freedom,” Kan’ani tweeted, referring to the key slogan behind the recent Western-backed riots across Iran.

The spokesman added that the US resorted to the slogan as a means to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on January 25 in favor of a resolution that expressed solidarity with Iranian people following what was claimed to be a “crackdown” on protesters after the death of a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish descent in the capital Tehran.

The bipartisan resolution, which called for more sanctions against Iranian officials and entities over “human right violations,” was approved days after the European Union announced sanctions on more than 30 Iranian officials and organizations over the deadly foreign-backed riots triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022.

In a post on his Twitter account, Kan’ani censured the US Congress’ resolution, saying Americans “never want to accept the realities” of the country and wish them to be as they like.

“While the US intelligence and security services admit Iran left behind the unrest and their support for Iran riots was futile, US congressmen voted for a resolution supporting riots in Iran!,” the spokesman wrote. “They never want to accept the realities on Iran, but like the realities to be as they wish.”

Amini fainted at a police station and was pronounced dead three days later in hospital. An official report by Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization concluded that the death was caused by illness rather than alleged blows to the head or other vital body organs.

Iran’s intelligence community has said several countries, including the United States and Britain, have used their spy and propaganda apparatuses to provoke violent riots in the country.

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