Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has accused Iran of sponsoring extremist activities in Nigeria and other parts of the world, alleging that Tehran supports groups aimed at destabilising countries while pursuing its hostility against Israel.
Freeman made the remarks on Friday while speaking during an
interview on The Morning Show on Arise News.
The envoy claimed that Iran is the only country within the
United Nations that openly expresses a desire to destroy another sovereign
state, referring to repeated threats against Israel.
According to him, the Iranian government has, over several
decades, supported militant groups and terror organisations around the world in
pursuit of that objective.
Freeman alleged that Iran has backed groups such as Hamas
and Hezbollah, adding that Tehran was also behind the October 7 attack carried
out by Hamas against Israel.
He further claimed that Iranian activities aimed at
spreading instability have been observed across several regions, including
Europe, Australia, and parts of Africa.
Speaking specifically about Nigeria, the Israeli ambassador
alleged that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria receives backing from the Iranian
government.
According to Freeman, statements of support from Iran’s
leadership, including posts by Ali Khamenei on social media, have openly
indicated such ties.
He said: “The issue here is about Iran. Iran is the only
country in the world, in the United Nations, who expressly desires to wipe
another country off the face of the earth. Iran has stated its very policy is
to destroy Israel. Is to wipe Israel off the map is to make sure they kill
every single person and no regime, no country that has an express desire to
destroy Israel, and it’s not only an expressed desire.
“We’ve seen over 47 years, they’ve taken all the actions
they can in order for that to happen. We’ve seen them sponsor terror
organizations. They were behind October the seventh massacre of Hamas. We’ve
seen them sponsoring Hezbollah. We’ve seen them acting in Europe. We’ve seen
them acting in Australia. We’ve seen them acting in Nigeria.
“We’ve seen these people acting all across the world in
order to spread disturbance for them to try and carry out their aim of
destroying Israel, and Israel will not allow another country to have nuclear
weapons when they’ve expressly stated they want those weapons to destroy
Israel”.
“I think that it is well documented. We know that there are
certain movements, for example, the Islamic movement of Nigeria is sponsored
and is backed by the Iranian regime. This is not me saying this, we’ve seen
that documented by the Iranian regime.
The Supreme Leader posted on X his support and his backing
there. So that’s very open. And there are other areas as well that Iran is
working for, destabilizing, not only Nigeria, but all of West Africa.”
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