Ministry Praises Irish MEP for Condemning Israeli Crimes

Date: 03 September 2025 - 21:50

News ID: ۱۴۳۱۷۱

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has commended an independent Irish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for shedding light on Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip and denouncing the regime’s unprovoked act of aggression against Iran in June, urging the European Union to follow suit.
“Michael McNamara rightly exposed Israel’s war crimes and genocide in Gaza, its repression in the occupied West Bank and its criminal act of aggression against Iran,” Baghaei said in a post on X on Wednesday.
This is what the European Union, particularly the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the E3—namely France, Germany, and the United Kingdom— “need to heed if they want to be regarded as credible, responsible, law-abiding actors capable of contributing to world peace”, he added.
In an address at the European Parliament, McNamara stated that Israel is not acting in “self-defense” against the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in Gaza, but is rather committing war crimes within the besieged territory.
The independent MEP from Ireland went on to say that Israel is also seeking  to “emasculate” the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank while diverting attention from its actions in Gaza.
McNamara also asserted that Israel’s attack on Iran in mid-June was not a “defensive” measure, but rather an “unlawful and unprovoked” strike designed to disrupt the negotiations that were taking place between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
Furthermore, he criticized the EU for its inaction regarding Israel’s conduct in Gaza, arguing that it undermines the bloc’s stance with respect to upholding international law elsewhere.