We’ll Support Nigeria To Defeat Terrorism- Iranian Envoy
Mahdavi Raja, Iran’s ambassador to Nigeria, has expressed Tehran’s readiness to assist the country in its ongoing fight against terrorism.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, Raja noted that Islamic groups in Nigeria maintain only spiritual and cultural ties with Iran, not political ones.
On Friday, Michael Freeman, Israeli ambassador to Nigeria, accused the Iranian government of sponsoring Islamic movements in Nigeria and West Africa as part of efforts to spread terror globally.
Freeman’s remarks came as members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, staged protests in several states over the killing of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, during recent US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.
“We’ve seen Iran spreading terror. We’ve seen them developing a ballistic missile programme and a nuclear programme. Nigeria has been on the receiving end of terrorism from Iran,” Freeman said.
Hours after the statement, the IMN media forum rejected Freeman’s claims, calling them “possible false-flag terrorism by the Israelis”.
“It is both inappropriate and unacceptable for the representative of a state widely found guilty of committing genocide and grave violations of international laws to lecture others about terrorism or security,” Ammar Rajab, chairman of the forum, said in a statement shared with TheCable on Saturday.
