Gerry Brownlee, National’s Shadow Foreign Minister
National has called for an Iranian diplomat to be expelled from the country – saying he delivered “what was effectively a hate speech” containing “anti-Semitic statements”.
National’s foreign affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee said Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters should have already required the withdrawal of Hormoz Ghahremani’s credentials, and his removal from the country.
“Inciting racial tension by making anti-Semitic statements is the antithesis of that important [diplomatic] role, regardless of the context or setting in which the comments were made,” Brownlee said.
“Racial disharmony offences under the Human Rights Act are quite clear, and a complaint has already been made to the Human Rights Commission over these offensive comments.
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