Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan harshly criticized UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for signing a memorial book for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last week.
“Antonio Guterres, while you write your condolences for a mass-murdering terror-supporting tyrant, do you bother to give any thought to the thousands he murdered?” Erdan questioned.
“You bow your head in mourning as the Iranian people continue to be oppressed and the Ayatollah’s proxies rain death and destruction across the region,” he charged.
“Stop eulogizing terrorists. Start standing up to them,” the Israeli ambassador urged.
Raisi, dubbed the “butcher of Tehran,” was notorious for his role in the 1988 tribunals that resulted in the execution of thousands of Iranian dissidents. Estimates of the death toll vary from 5,000 to 30,000.
Raisi also endorsed the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on October 7 and, according to a Wall Street Journal report, was involved in its planning.
The UN Security Council observed a moment of silence for Raisi and others who perished in the helicopter crash last Monday.
{Matzav.com}
