Iran FM spokesman condemns acts of terror against Iranian journalists, as well as those covering Gaza war
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has vehemently condemned acts of terror against Iranian journalists as well as scores of press people covering Israel’s months-long atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Nasser Kan'ani made the remark in a message on his X account, commemorating the National Journalists’ Day on Wednesday.
Kan’ani paid tribute to the 244 journalists who were martyred during Iran's eight years of defense against the Saddam Hussein regime's invasion of the country as well as the 165 martyred journalists killed since the Israeli regime's brutal war on Gaza, which began in October last year.
He also honored the memory of Iranian journalist Mahmoud Saremi who was martyred along with eight staff members of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Afghanistan on August 8, 1988.
The foreign ministry spokesman also praised the journalists who sacrifice their lives in the most difficult working conditions and dangerous environments to cover news reports.
August 8 has been designated as National Journalists’ Day in Iran after Taliban militants in Afghanistan killed Saremi, the correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), along with eight Iranian diplomats, at the Iranian consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998.
The attack took place amid pitched street battles between the Taliban and Ahmed Shah Massoud-led Northern Alliance, as the city was considered to be a bastion of anti-Taliban resistance forces.
The ghastly attack drew condemnation worldwide, even as the Taliban distanced themselves from it and shifted the blame on others, with some even pointing fingers at the outlawed extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP).
Initially, at least 11 diplomats and a journalist were reported missing under mysterious circumstances and were presumed dead. Later, it was confirmed that eight diplomats and a journalist had been killed.
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