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Friday, September 6, 2024
Iran reply to Haniyeh killing will be stronger ‘than anything Netanyahu’s colonial state has ever faced’ – UK’s Galloway
Controversial left-wing firebrand George Galloway says that Iran is yet to respond to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has not spoken yet, and when it speaks, it will speak with far greater volume than anything that Netanyahu’s colonial state has ever faced before by any adversary,” the British lawmaker says in comments carried by Iran’s official Press TV.
He claims that Iran has done “more for the Palestinians” amid the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza “than any other country.”
The Islamic Republic of Iran has not spoken yet, and when it speaks, it will speak with far greater volume than anything that Netanyahu's colonial state has ever faced before by any adversary: @georgegalloway @OutWithGalloway pic.twitter.com/xZ3EZ7ImYP
— Press TV ???? (@PressTV) September 6, 2024
Noting that the US last month sent the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East to protect Israel from a potential Iranian attack, Galloway critiques the move, saying, “An aircraft carrier is just a floating coffin.”
The Scottish-born lawmaker, nicknamed “Gorgeous George,” has had a long and checkered political career in which he has represented several British parties, including Labour.
He sparked controversy in the 1990s when he visited then-Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, telling him: “Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability,” and international notoriety in 2005 when he was called to testify over Iraq in the US Senate. He had earlier been expelled from Labour over his stance on the war.
Agencies contributed to this report.
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