Europeans, victims of ruthless spirit of capitalism - Iranian MP
IRAN: A senior Iranian lawmaker says European citizens are
victims of the “ruthless spirit of capitalism,” referring to the recent
self-immolation of two jobless Spaniards.
Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a member of the Majlis Committee on
National Security and Foreign Policy made the comments in an interview
with the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA) on Sunday.
Falahatpisheh stated that Europe’s economic crisis started in 1970,
adding, “The West gave the rich absolute freedom in order to keep
capitalism alive and simultaneously claimed that it was protecting the
rights of the poor, which caused a paradox in the political behavior of
Europe.” Two jobless Spaniards recently set themselves on fire in the
city of Malaga. The two incidents, one of which led to the death of the
victim, were apparently caused by economic hardship. Battered by the
global financial downturn, the Spanish economy collapsed into recession
in the second half of 2008, taking with it millions of jobs.
PRESS TV
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