Because of Taliban confession
Now Iran is shooting at Prince Harry
Iran is outraged by Prince Harry’s admission of killing 25 Taliban fighters. The background is political tensions with Harry’s home country: Iran has upset the British by executing a dual citizen.
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In his biography, Prince Harry reports on two missions in Afghanistan.
The biography “Spare” by Prince Harry (38) causes red heads not only in the British royal family, but also in the Iranian government. Because in the book, Prince Harry reports on two missions in Afghanistan. He is said to have killed 25 Taliban fighters. “It wasn’t something I was happy about, but it wasn’t anything I was ashamed of either,” Harry writes.
Now the Iranian Foreign Ministry has commented on Twitter. Iran accused the Duke of Sussex of showing no remorse for killing “innocent” people and accused Britain of allowing this “war crime”. It goes on to say that anyone who allows something like this has no right to want to teach others about human rights.
The background to the Iranian tip against Harry is the execution of the Iranian-British politician Alireza Akbari († 61) in Iran. He was sentenced to death for alleged “corruption” and “endangering the country’s internal and external security by passing on information” to the United Kingdom.
Sanctions announced against Iran
The execution sparked international outrage. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (42) was “appalled” by the execution. He spoke of an “insensitive and cowardly act carried out by a barbaric regime that does not respect the human rights of its own people”.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (53) announced further sanctions against Iran to express London’s “disgust”. Cleverly also announced the summoning of the Iranian envoy to London. It was a “barbaric act” that “won’t go unchallenged,” said the Foreign Minister. Iran then announced that it would summon the British ambassador.
There have been protests in Iran for months. The trigger was the death of the 22-year-old Kurd Mahsa Amini. She was arrested by the vice squad in mid-September for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women. Thousands of people were arrested in connection with the demonstrations. In addition, the judiciary imposed 18 death sentences because of the protests, four of which have already been carried out. (jmh/AFP)