Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The Belgian opposition party Vlaams Belang said, "It seems that Foreign Minister Hajia Habib received the green light from Prime Minister Alexandre de Croo to issue entry visas for an Iranian delegation. Therefore, Vlaams Belang wants to question the prime minister about this matter at a meeting scheduled today, Wednesday, for the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee,"
Transfer statement of the party we received a copy of. About Barbara Bass, leader of the party's parliamentary group: "Not only the local Brussels government, but also the head of the federal government is under the control of Iran." De Croo should come and explain this to Parliament as soon as possible.
Last weekend, Pascal Smit tendered his resignation as Secretary of State in the Brussels-Capital Government. He had invited Alireza Zakani, the mayor of the Iranian capital, Tehran, to Brussels to attend the city's international conference "Brussels Urban Summit 2023". The mayor was the former head of the Basij, a paramilitary unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, and in this position was responsible for the bloody crackdown on Iranian dissidents.
Upon his resignation, Smit referred to the role of Minister Habib, who issued visas to the twelve Iranian delegations in her capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs. But Lahbib would have sought the advice of Prime Minister De Croo's government. He did not express any objection to this, saying that he feared that this would lead to a major diplomatic incident with Iran.
And recently Prime Minister De Croo claimed on VTM that only the Brussels government is to blame for the Iranian visa scandal," said parliamentarian Barbara Bass. Today it seems that De Croo himself did not want to offend the Ayatollah regime. Not only Brussels, but also the head of the federal government Under the control of Iran. De Croo has a lot to explain."
According to Vlaams Belang, the repercussions of the so-called Iran deal and the extradition of Iranian terrorist Assadollah Assadi are much greater than what the federal government expected. "It's difficult to separate all of this from the events of a few weeks ago," said MP Ellen Sameen (Vlamas Belang). For extraditing a convicted terrorist to Iran, the government has rightfully faced intense criticism, including from the Iranian opposition. With this, de Croo indicated that Belgium could be blackmailed. Vlaams Belang has warned many times that Iran will feel empowered because of this to increase extortion and unfortunately that seems to be exactly what happened. The Iranians were received on the red carpet in Brussels because of the fear that not receiving them might endanger the lives of Europeans unjustly imprisoned in Iranian prisons.,