Editing Claudia Roth (section)

==Criticism==
Roth has been criticized for her positive relations with the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]]. Along with fellow lawmakers [[Günter Gloser]], [[Monika Grütters]], [[Luc Jochimsen]] and [[Peter Gauweiler]], she travelled to [[Iran]] in 2010 to meet with [[Ali Larijani]], [[Manouchehr Mottaki]] and others; the trip was heavily criticized by international human rights organizations.<ref>Benjamin Weinthal (16 November 2010), [https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703805004575606291893348542 "That Treasured German-Iranian Friendship"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> In February 2013, she was reprimanded by German media outlets and Iranian dissidents for warmly greeting the Iranian ambassador to Germany, [[Alireza Sheikhattar]], with a [[high five]]; Iranian Kurdish dissidents hold Sheikhattar responsible for the murder of Kurds during his tenure as governor of Iran's [[Kurdistan Province|Kurdistan]] and [[West Azerbaijan Province|West Azerbaijan]] provinces from 1980 to 1985.<ref>{{cite news |title=German Green Party head high-fives Iran's envoy |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=302821 |first= Benjamin|last=Weinthal|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |date=11 February 2013 }}</ref>

In 2015, Roth again led a German parliamentary delegation for a five-day visit to Tehran, including meetings with Iranian Parliament Speaker [[Ali Larijani]], Deputy Speaker [[Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard]], Deputy Foreign Minister [[Majid Takht-Ravanchi]], presidential candidate [[Mohammad Reza Aref]] as well as two of President [[Hassan Rouhani]]'s deputies namely [[Shahindokht Molaverdi]], the vice president for women's affairs, and [[Masoumeh Ebtekar]],<ref name="faz.net">[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/naher-osten/iranisches-parlament-veraergert-ueber-claudia-roth-13394769.html "Iran verärgert über Grünen-Politikerin"], ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'', 28 January 2015.</ref> the vice president and chairwoman of the Department of Environment;<ref>[http://tehrantimes.com/politics/121179-german-parliamentary-team-due-in-tehran- "German parliamentary team due in Tehran"].  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124045926/http://tehrantimes.com/politics/121179-german-parliamentary-team-due-in-tehran- |date=24 January 2015}}. ''[[Tehran Times]]'', 20 January 2015.</ref> she was, however, denied a meeting with human-rights activist [[Narges Mohammadi]].<ref name="faz.net"/>

In late February 2024, as the German Minister of Culture, Roth faced criticism from German politicians for permitting what were perceived as "anti-Semitic" remarks by two filmmakers— one of Jewish-Israeli and the other of Muslim Palestinian heritage— during the Berlinale film festival. The filmmakers criticized Israel's actions against the Palestinian populations of Gaza and the West Bank, in their various forms, prominently on the festival stage. After widespread criticism, Roth's ministry released a press statement claiming that she had only applauded for the Israeli filmmaker and not for the Palestinian one.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oltermann |first=Philip |last2= |first2= |date=2024-02-27 |title=German minister says she clapped Israeli film-maker, not his Palestinian colleague, at Berlinale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/german-minister-says-she-was-only-applauding-israeli-filmmaker-at-berlinale |access-date=2024-02-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=}}</ref>