Iran Press/ Iran News: Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman condemned the US' racism and described it as a demonstration of systematic phenomenon, saying that US current administration glorifies white supremacism.
"Brutal killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis' white man in uniform in cold blood is a harrowing demonstration of systematic racism and white supremacism glorified by the current administration," Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi twitted on Thursday.
According to Minneapolis police, the encounter between Floyd and officers happened just after 8 p.m. Monday, when police were called to the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South on a report of a man attempting to use forged documents at Cup Foods.
US police killed nearly 200 people in the first four months of 2020, according to reports.
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