TEHRAN -- The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign
Ministry has censured a decision by the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile House committee.
The Republican-led chamber on Thursday voted to oust Somali-born Omar from her seat on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee over the Muslim lawmaker’s mocking of American politicians for their unwarranted support of the Israeli regime in exchange for financial rewards.
In reaction to the highly politicized move, Nasser Kanaani said boycotting a critic of the Israeli apartheid regime depicts the United States’ “parliamentary tyranny.”
“Ousting IlhanOmar black Muslim& critic of Israeli #Apartheid from a House Committee indicates practical commitment of U.S. to motto of #women, life, freedom,” Kanaani tweeted, referring to the key slogan behind the recent Western-backed riots across Iran.
The spokesman also said the U.S. resorted to slogans to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on January 25 in favor of a resolution that expressed solidarity with Iranian people following what was claimed to be a “brutal crackdown” on riots after the death of a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish descent in the capital Tehran.
“While the U.S. intelligence and security services say Iran left behind the unrest and their support for Iran riots was futile, U.S. congressmen voted for a resolution supporting riots in Iran!,” the spokesman wrote. “They never want to accept the realities on Iran, but like the realities to be as they wish.”