German Ambassador summoned over Sheribin killing

German ambassador to Tehran, Herbert Honsowitz, was summoned to Foreign Ministry on Friday to be informed of Iran’s protest at the killing of Egyptian Muslim woman Marwa Sheribin in Germany last week.

Director General of the West Europe Affairs Department at Foreign Ministry in the meeting voiced Iran’s outrage against the “inhumane” killing of the Muslim woman.

The Iranian official referred to German government’s failure to show swift reaction against the heinous crime and recalled the country’s responsibility to guarantee rights and security of minorities and Muslim citizens living in the German territory.

He said the crime in Dresden courtroom east of Germany is another example of spread of Islamphobia in the West.

He criticized selective approach towards human rights and the boycott of the news coverage of Seribin’s martyrdom.

The 32-year-old pregnant Egyptian woman, Mrs. Sheribin, dubbed the "headscarf martyr", was stabbed to death by a German man in Dresden courtroom east of Germany on July 1, last week as her young son watched.

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