Baqaei: Europe must be held accountable

Pars Today – The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran reacted to repeated remarks by the NATO Secretary General regarding Europe’s involvement in the U.S.-Israeli imposed war against Iran, stressing that Europe must be held accountable.

According to Pars Today, citing IRIB News, Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, responded on social media platform X to comments by Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, who once again spoke about the participation of European countries in what Iran calls the illegal U.S.-Israeli war against the Iranian people.

Baqaei wrote:"Mark Rutte’s repeated admissions of Europe’s willful complicity in the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran only confirms, once again, that they were not impartial in this brutal unlawful aggression. Those who provided their territories, military bases, and infrastructure to enable the aggression cannot evade responsibility for their contribution to an unprovoked aggression and its grave consequences."

He added:" Yet NATO Secretary General’s relentless self-congratulation for serving an illegal war of choice does not reflect strength — it exposes the servile mindset of a fawning courtier who fancies that flattery can erase a king’s contempt. In Washington’s eyes, an ineffective Organization cannot be rendered effective through sycophancy — nor can such manipulative flattery ever restore the flatterer’s own self-respect and personal integrity."