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Attacked Iraninan dipomat says NYPD exhibited indifference
Iranian diplomat at far left being attacked in the streets of New York
by Joseph Earnest September 28, 2012
Newscast Media NEW YORK—An Iranian diplomat who was attacked while talking to reporters on Wednesday after Iran's President Ahmadinejad gave his speech at the UN General Assembly, said the police was indifferent toward him after he was attacked.
Ramin Mehmanparast, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson separated from his entourage and went to the sidelines to talk to the press, when a group of Iranian refugees attacked him physically. The Iranian government asserts that the attackers were aligned with the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), which the State Department might delist from the list of terrorist organizations.
"Despite repeated requests for police's help we were witnessing a kind of indifference by American police," the diplomat said. "The United States as the host country is responsible for protecting the lives of diplomats. I think the American and European people are very worried that their officials have put support for such groups (MKO) on their agenda," he added. Below is a heavily edited AP video of the attack:
Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson being attacked by refugees
There is also a longer version of the video that was taken from a rooftop that shows the entire hysterics of the ordeal up until the police whisked away the diplomat in a patrol vehicle and blocked off the street. Watch:
Amateur video of assault on Iranian diplomat
Attacks on foreign diplomats are not unusual in host countries. George W. Bush was attacked in Iraq while giving a speech when the attacker threw shoes at him. Recently American diplomats were attacked and killed in Libya, and the US had to evacuate diplomats from Egypt because of the violence targeted at US foreign diplomats.
As for the Iranian diplomat who was attacked by his own countrymen, the problem lies in a lapse with security. There should have been a buffer zone where protesters were confined, much like at the RNC convention in Tampa, Florida where virtually the entire downtown was sealed off from protesters and only credentialed personnel were permitted access to politicians and the venue. New York is too big to be sealed off, but a buffer can be created to protect diplomats in the future. Add Comments>>
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