‘We can no longer swallow’ US arguments: Malaysia’s MPs unite to condemn strikes on Iran
The Straits Times
Malaysian MPs unanimously condemn the US strike on Iran, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim criticising US hypocrisy and calling for solidarity. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Parliament displayed a rare moment of solidarity on March 2 as MPs from all sides of the political divide came together to unanimously condemn the United States and Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran on Feb 28.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim tabled an emergency motion in the Parliament to address the wide-ranging air strikes, which Iran said killed its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alongside more than 40 other Iranian leaders.
In a scathing rebuke, Datuk Seri Anwar described the action as hypocrisy, since the strikes took place while Tehran was still engaged in negotiations with Washington in a peace process brokered by Oman.
“In my engagements with the American and European leadership, I am uneasy about their lectures on human rights and democracy,” the prime minister said.
“We can no longer swallow such arguments from them.”
This comes as US allies such as the United Kingdom and the European Union had instead condemned Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US military bases in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, warning that they “carry the risk of dragging the region into a broader war”.
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