TEHRAN – Iran has called on European nations to adopt a “credible, responsible, and law-abiding” approach to international affairs if they wish to be seen as contributors to global peace. The demand was made by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei in a social media post on Tuesday.

Baghaei pointed to recent comments from European Parliament member Michael McNamara, which he said rightly exposed Israel’s war crimes and genocide in Gaza, its repression in the West Bank, and its criminal act of aggression against Iran. The spokesperson stated that this is the reality the E3—Britain, Germany, and France—must acknowledge. 

"This is what E3/EU need to heed if they want to be regarded as credible, responsible, and law-abiding actors capable of contributing to world peace,” the Iranian diplomat further said in his post.

In a recent address to the European Parliament, Michael McNamara stated that Israel's actions in Gaza have escalated from “defensive” operations to outright war crimes. He also characterized Israel's June strike on Iran as an unlawful and unprovoked act of aggression, contending that its true purpose was to undermine the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States that were underway at the time. 

European leaders have maintained full support for Israel in the past two years despite massive domestic dissent.