Ministers refuse to use tribute to Iran's president compiled by Foreign Ministry staff

The body of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was taken to the revered Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom. Photo: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images

On Tuesday, James Kuriuki, Britain's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, joined his colleagues to observe a minute's silence for the late president.

The British diplomat stood next to his American counterpart at the beginning of the 9629th conference. Security Council meeting for the silence demanded by Russia, China and Algeria.

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan called the period of silence a “shame.”

>He wrote on social networks: “The UN Security Council today observed a minute of silence in memory of the massacre of Iranian President Raisi, who is responsible for the murder of thousands of people! What's next for the Security Council? A minute of silence on the anniversary of Hitler's death?!

“The Security Council has simply become a threat to world peace.”

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, a former Cabinet Office minister, said: “Diplomacy is a matter of judgement. We have to talk to regimes we don't like, but that doesn't mean we have to honor them in death.»

A Foreign Office source said the moment of silence happened so quickly that Mr. Kuriuki did not do this. have time to consult with London.