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Protestors clashes with French riot police officers following a statement by French Interior Minister at the site where several shots were fired along rue d'Enghien in the 10th arrondissement, in Paris on December 23, 2022. Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry on Tuesday criticized the international community over quelling protests, saying those who “falsely” accuse the Islamic republic of violent crackdowns, carry out the same treatment against their own people.
On Friday, a 69-year-old man attacked the Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre in Rue d'Enghien street, Paris. Three people were killed and three others were injured in the shooting.
Angry Kurds took to the streets of Paris, decrying their lack of protection in the country, as Friday’s attack marks the second incident targeting Kurds in Paris in less than a decade. French police have resorted to using teargas to disperse the protesters.
“All the accusations that some regimes falsely bring to Iran, they themselves have perpetrated against their nations and people in the most heinous way throughout history and in contemporary history and are still doing so,” read a tweet from Nasser Kanaani, spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, on Tuesday without specifically mentioning France but attaching multiple images depicting French police attacking protesters.
Kanaani earlier on Sunday called on France to exercise restraint in dealing with protesters.
The remarks from the spokesperson come at a time when Iran continues its violent crackdown on the protests that broke out in the country in September following the death of young Kurdish woman Zhina (Mahsa) Amini while in police custody.
At least 507 protesters, including 69 children, have been killed and over 18,500 have been arrested since the protests began over three months ago, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Eleven death sentences have been issued by an Iranian court over the protests, the majority being related to the alleged targeting of Basij members, the militia of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Two protesters have already been publicly executed.
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