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Tehran blasts Berlin’s baseless claims as blatant hypocrisy
In a post on X on Monday night, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei sharply criticized Merz for invoking international law and regional security only when it suits Western political interests, while turning a blind eye to clear acts of aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear facilities, Press TV reported.
“Mr. Friedrich Merz, hypocrisy becomes evident when a clear attack by the United States and the Zionist regime on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which are under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is not only not condemned, but is effectively justified,” Baqaei wrote.
“Yet, regarding an incident that was a false flag operation by the enemies of peace and regional harmony -- and even the UAE has not officially blamed Iran for it -- suddenly the language of ‘international law’ and ‘regional security’ is invoked,” he added.
The spokesperson said that any genuine concern for the safety of nuclear sites and the people of the region must be applied equally and without double standards.
“If an attack on nuclear facilities is considered a threat to the people of the region, this principle must apply equally to all countries, not only when it serves Western political interests,” Baqaei stated.
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that Western powers and the Israeli regime routinely apply international norms in a hypocritical manner, condemning incidents involving their adversaries while justifying or ignoring their own acts of sabotage and aggression against Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.