Iran Complains
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Foreign Affairs & Policy
Iran has complained to the UN about…Israeli threats?
Iran, whose president has vowed to wipe Israel off the map, complained to the United Nations on Wednesday that the Jewish state was repeatedly threatening to bomb it.
The threats were “matters of extreme gravity” and the U.N. Security Council should condemn them and demand that Israel “cease and desist immediately from the threat of the use of force against members of the United Nations,” Iranian U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif said.
This shows just what a mockery the United Nations is. For too many, it’s merely another tool of deception; another means to disrupt the functioning of the free world. Iran does not participate in good faith at any level, and yet it seeks to use the tools of international bodies against those who threaten only to defend themselves.
If outrageous threats leveled at members of the United Nations are to be found one need look no further than Iran, where Ahmadinejad recently promised, “we will soon witness [Israel’s] disappearance and destruction”.
Such comments from Ahmadinejad are not new. Shortly after assuming his role as President, he declared, “And God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism”. He also predicted that the “new wave of confrontations generated in Palestine and the growing turmoil in the Islamic world would in no time wipe Israel away”.
Hat tip: Threats Watch
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