Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has alleged that Iran is involved in sponsoring extremist activities in Nigeria and other parts of the world, claiming that Tehran supports groups it says are working to destabilise different countries while maintaining hostility toward Israel.
Freeman made the claim on Friday during an interview on The Morning Show on Arise News.
The ambassador stated that Iran is the only nation within the United Nations that openly declares an intention to eliminate another sovereign state, referencing repeated threats made against Israel.
He said the Iranian government has, for decades, provided support to militant groups and terror organisations globally as part of that objective.
Freeman further alleged that Iran supports organisations such as Hamas and Hezbollah, adding that Tehran was responsible for the October 7 attack carried out by Hamas against Israel.
He also claimed that Iranian-backed activities aimed at causing instability have been noticed in several regions, including Europe, Australia and parts of Africa.
Speaking about Nigeria, Freeman alleged that the Islamic Movement of Nigeria receives support from the Iranian government.
According to him, comments and social media posts from Iran’s leadership, including those made by Ali Khamenei, indicate such backing.
He said: “The issue here is about Iran. Iran is the only country in the world, in the United Nations, who expressly desires to wipe another country off the face of the earth. Iran has stated its very policy is to destroy Israel. Is to wipe Israel off the map is to make sure they kill every single person and no regime, no country that has an express desire to destroy Israel, and it’s not only an expressed desire.
“We’ve seen over 47 years, they’ve taken all the actions they can in order for that to happen. We’ve seen them sponsor terror organizations. They were behind October the seventh massacre of Hamas. We’ve seen them sponsoring Hezbollah. We’ve seen them acting in Europe. We’ve seen them acting in Australia. We’ve seen them acting in Nigeria.
“We’ve seen these people acting all across the world in order to spread disturbance for them to try and carry out their aim of destroying Israel, and Israel will not allow another country to have nuclear weapons when they’ve expressly stated they want those weapons to destroy Israel”.
“I think that it is well documented. We know that there are certain movements, for example, the Islamic movement of Nigeria is sponsored and is backed by the Iranian regime. This is not me saying this, we’ve seen that documented by the Iranian regime.
The Supreme Leader posted on X his support and his backing there. So that’s very open. And there are other areas as well that Iran is working for, destabilizing, not only Nigeria, but all of West Africa.”
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