Iran: US, West complicit in Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the Israeli regime’s systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists has been enabled by the unwavering support of its Western backers, particularly the United States.
On World Press Freedom Day, Baghaei hailed “the courage of those journalists, photographers and videographers who, over the past two years, risked their lives to expose the brutality of colonial genocide of Palestinians.”
“We honor over 200 media workers who fell victim to the genocidal campaign they sought to unveil,” Baghaei said Saturday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
These journalists, he said, “were targeted because they felt obliged to document the extreme pain and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza and broadcast the atrocities of the apartheid occupying regime.”
World Press Freedom Day stands as a solemn reminder of the courage of those #journalists, photographers and videographers who, over the past two years, risked their lives to expose the brutality of colonial #genocide of Palestinians.
We honor over 200 media workers who fell…
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) May 3, 2025
The Foreign Ministry spokesman also reiterated that Israel’s ally, “the United States and other supporters, enablers and apologists of Israeli atrocities are complicit in those heinous crimes and shall be held accountable too.”
Hamas said in an earlier statement that Israel’s continued crimes against Palestinian media shed light on the extent of the regime’s “fear of the media’s impact and its role in exposing its crimes and aggression against our people.”
According to Ajith Sunghay, representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Gaza is one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists.
