Tehran, SANA-Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi has vehemently slammed the heavy-handed crackdown against pro-Palestine student protests in Western universities, especially in the United States, saying it has laid bare the true nature of Western civilization.
Raeisi made the remarks while addressing a meeting of his cabinet on Sunday.
The Iranian president described violent suppression of anti-Zionist student protests, and the beating and arrest of professors and students in Western universities, especially in the US, as “another scandal for self-proclaimed advocates of freedom of expression.”
“Today, thanks to the blessed blood of the oppressed martyrs of Gaza, the true nature of Western civilization has been revealed to the people of the world more than anytime before,” the Iranian president said.
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the repression practiced by the US police against students and professors in solidarity with the Palestinian people in American universities, stressing that American officials do not have the moral competence to comment on human rights, women’s rights, and freedom of expression and opinion around the world.
Manar Salameh