Israel’s ambassador to UN detained after leaving General Assembly to protest Iranian president’s speech
United Nations safety personnel on Tuesday detained Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. shortly after he left the General Assembly Hall to protest a speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
It was not clear why he was being detained, although he was later launched. Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.N. for remark.
Before storming out of the General Assembly Hall, Gilad Erdan held up an image of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian lady who was brutally murdered final yr by the nation’s so-called morality police for not correctly sporting her hijab.
Amini’s homicide sparked waves of protest throughout the Islamic Republic, which had been met with brutal repression.
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gilad Erdan was detained by safety personnel Tuesday. (Fox News Digital)
A caption accompanying Erdan’s photograph of Amini learn: “Iranian women deserve freedom now!”
Raisi’s presence on the U.N. General Assembly drew protesters exterior the corridor.
Erdan, who left the General Assembly Hall with the Israeli delegation, mentioned the U.N. had reached “a new moral low” by giving a platform to Raisi, who he derided as a “vile murderer.”
“While the butcher of Tehran is speaking at the UN and is being respected by the international community, hundreds of Iranians are protesting outside, shouting and calling on the international community to wake up and help them,” Erdan mentioned in an announcement.
“It is a disgrace that member states stay to listen to a mass murderer. It should not be possible for a murderer with blood on his hands to receive a platform here at the U.N. I left the speech to make it clear that the State of Israel stands by the Iranian people. I call on the international community to stop the madness and prevent murderers and anti-Semites from coming and speaking here at the U.N.”
Raisi’s speech on the U.N. General Assembly was laden with pictures on the United States, which he blamed for instability on the earth.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi holds up the Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 19, 2023. (Reuters / Mike Segar)
“[A]s independent nations increasingly align themselves towards cooperation and convergence, certain powers are attempting to incite conflicts in different regions employing a Cold War mentality, they strive to reconstitute blocks on a global [scale],” Raisi mentioned.
“This regressive endeavor poses a significant threat to the security and prosperity of nations. The Islamic Republic of Iran staunchly maintains that the formation of a new East-West divide should not be permitted to take shape.”
Former President Trump sanctioned Raisi for his position in finishing up the bloodbath of 5,000 Iranian political prisoners in 1988 and the clerical regime’s slaughter of 1,500 Iranian demonstrators in 2019.
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Fox News’ Marta Dhanis and Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.