Austria Reacts to Hamas Attack: Solidarity with Israel and Concern about Iran

PeopleOther ♦ Published: October 9, 2023; 17:13 ♦ (Vindobona)

Amid the tense situation in the Middle East, the Iranian ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Vienna. Austria strongly condemned the official Iranian reaction to the attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorist organization. The Foreign Ministry stressed that Austria categorically rejects any questioning of Israel's right to exist and will consistently act against any form of anti-Semitism in the future.

The Iranian ambassador has been summoned to the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Vienna over the Iranian response to the HAMAS attack on Israel. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Gugerell / CC0

The reason for this convocation was Iran's official reaction to the recent attack on Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas. According to ORF, the Foreign Ministry said that the Iranian statement, which celebrated the attack as a heroic act and called Israel a "criminal apartheid regime," was "deeply disturbing and to be…