World Economic Forum Cancels Invitation to Zarif for Speech in Davos

The World Economic Forum announced the cancellation of its invitation to Abbas Araqchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, to participate and speak at the Davos summit in response to protests against his invitation. The statement from the Forum stated: The Iranian Foreign Minister will not attend Davos. He was invited last fall, but the tragic killing of defenseless people in Iran over the past few weeks means that the Iranian government should not have a representative at Davos this year. Earlier, Hillel Neuer, the executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights organization, wrote in a message to Abbas Araqchi: If you step foot in Davos this week for the World Economic Forum, a criminal complaint will be filed with Swiss prosecutors. Your commanding role in the Supreme National Security Council in the mass killing of thousands of protesters constitutes a crime against humanity. Expect arrest, trial, and justice. Additionally, U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, in response to Araqchi's invitation, wrote to the organizers of the World Economic Forum: "It is clear what you are thinking... European elites have lost their moral compass. This is the strongest sign yet of moral decay; a decay among those who enjoy freedom but abandon those who fight for it. Warning from the head of UN Watch to Araqchi: Come to Davos, you will be arrested and tried. Criticism from the American senator regarding Araqchi's invitation to Davos; Europe has lost its moral compass.