Iran calls for ban on Israel from Paris Olympics
23 تموز 2024 16:27
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has demanded the exclusion of Israeli athletes from the Olympic Games starting in Paris this week over the war on Gaza.
Israel’s delegation, which headed to France on Monday in advance of Friday’s opening ceremony, is being tightly protected in the French capital amid growing international outrage over the high civilian casualty toll and unfolding humanitarian crisis in the besieged and bombarded Palestinian territory.
“Announcing the reception and protection of the apartheid terrorist Zionist regime’s delegation means giving legitimacy to the child killers,” the ministry said in a post on X.
“They do not deserve to be present at the Paris Olympics because of the war against the innocent people of Gaza,” it added, calling on organisers to ban Israel.
Israel’s delegation, which headed to France on Monday in advance of Friday’s opening ceremony, is being tightly protected in the French capital amid growing international outrage over the high civilian casualty toll and unfolding humanitarian crisis in the besieged and bombarded Palestinian territory.
“Announcing the reception and protection of the apartheid terrorist Zionist regime’s delegation means giving legitimacy to the child killers,” the ministry said in a post on X.
“They do not deserve to be present at the Paris Olympics because of the war against the innocent people of Gaza,” it added, calling on organisers to ban Israel.