Iran upset over killing of a woman in Germany

[WillieW]

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=909548

Never mind the hundreds of killings during the protests in Iran.

Iran summons German, Italian envoys over hijab martyr case

TEHRAN, July 10 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the German and Italian ambassadors to Tehran on Friday to protest about the Group of Eight leaders’ inaction over the murder of a Muslim woman in Germany.
Marwa al-Sherbini, a 32-year-old Egyptian who was about four months pregnant and wore the hijab, had pressed charges against her neighbor for calling her a terrorist and was set to testify against him when he stabbed her 18 times inside a courtroom in front of her 3-year-old son on July 1 in Dresden.


Al-Sherbini’s husband came to her aid and was also stabbed by the assailant and shot in the leg by a security guard who mistook him for the attacker, German prosecutors said. He is now in critical condition in a German hospital, according to Sherbini''s brother.

The handling of the case was “a clear example of the West’s double standards toward human rights issues,” the director of the Western Europe Department of the Foreign Ministry told Italian Ambassador Alberto Bradanini.

In his meeting with German Ambassador Herbert Honsowitz, the Foreign Ministry official criticized the German government for its slow response to the shocking crime and stated that Germany is responsible for ensuring the security of minorities living in the country, including Muslim residents.

[DCKit]

1. It's a horrible crime. So get a clue Iran, set an example for the rest of us to follow.

Start by respecting the rights of the hundreds of gay men you murder every year. Let them live in peace.

[Kaleko]

2. The double standard is mind-boggling.

Reminds me of the GOP - except Iran doesn't have an equivalent to propaganda Minister Karl Rove.