Mamdani roasted for staying tight-lipped on 'war criminal' Pezeshkian after raging about Netanyahu

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeatedly branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal," but faced criticism for remaining largely tight-lipped about Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.While Mamdani has labeled the Iranian government "brutal" and cited its "systematic repression of its own people," critics railed against him for declining to use similar language about Pezeshkian, who arrived in the city on Wednesday."Mayor Mamdani, you said war criminals who set foot in New York should be arrested.Good news.

One is in New York city this week," said Iranian-born journalist Masih Alinejad, who was subjected to an assassination attempt near her Brooklyn home while Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei was still alive."If you have the courage to talk about arresting those responsible for crimes against humanity, start with the man sleeping five miles from your office," Alinejad tweeted.TRUMP, IRANIAN PRESIDENT CONVERGE ON NYC FOR ‘DRAMATIC’ UN SHOWDOWN AS TEHRAN FACES TIGHT RESTRICTIONSNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" and urged the federal government to arrest him under an International Criminal Court warrant on July 21, 2026.((L) Reuters, (R) @NYCMayor via X)She invited Mamdani to view the FBI files about her case, in which several men attempted to kidnap her in Brooklyn.Director of National Intelligence Walter "Jay" Clayton said in January that the Iranian regime coordinated a murder-for-hire plot against Alinejad because of her efforts to speak out against its human rights abuses, while federal authorities sentenced one U.S.-based conspirator to 15 years."The government of Iran, a sponsor of terrorism, assassination, and espionage around the globe, has engaged in a campaign of assassination plots in the United States and abroad targeting those who oppose the regime," Clayton said in a statement.MAMDANI MAKES EYEB...