On Friday, Iran refused charges of the United States and more than dozens of their allies to try to kill or kidnap dissidents, journalists and political officials in Western countries. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Esmáil Bakáji, described these allegations as fictions and an effort to distract attention from the “genocide in the Gaza Strip,” writes TASR according to AFP and Reuters reports.
“The United States, France and other signatories of this anti -Interranial statement must be held responsible for its support and provision of refuge to terrorist and violent groups, which It represents a violation of international law and the promotion of terrorism, ” The spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Diplomacy said in Friday’s statement.
According to Reuters Bakáji, he apparently hinted at the anti -Iranian armed opposition groups based in Europe, such as People’s Mujahedin (MEK), which was once identified as a terrorist organization in the US and the EU, but is currently freely operating in the West.
Iranian spokesman claims to be charged “They are an attempt to distract the public from the most urgent problem of the present – genocide in the occupied Palestine”. Western states, including the US, Britain, France and Germany on Thursday in a joint statement They condemned the increasing number of state threats by Iranian intelligence services in their territories.
“We are united in our opposition to the attempts of Iranian intelligence services to kill, carry and harass people in Europe and North America, which represents a clear violation of our sovereignty,” stated.
Iranian secret services according to this Common declarations are increasingly working with international criminal organizations, which focus on journalists, dissidents, Jewish citizens and current or former political officials in Europe and North America. Bakaki called these allegations fictions. “They were created as part of the insidious Iranophobia campaign aimed at exerting pressure on the Great Iran nation,” said.
The joint statement was signed by the United Kingdom’s governments, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.
