UK’s longest-reigning monarch compared to Hitler by academic on Channel 1, Press TV LONDON: The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II has been branded “one of the greatest criminals in the history of mankind” on Iranian state TV, in a show that also labeled her death “good news for the world’s oppressed people.” Speaking on Iran’s Channel 1, Tehran University scholar Foad Izadi said: “Perhaps, in light of her 70 years on the throne, she should be included in the same list with Hitler. “From a certain perspective, we should be sad that this person died because she died without standing trial, without being punished, and without paying for her crimes.” The death of the UK’s longest-reigning monarch prompted an outpouring of condolences from across the globe, including from the Russian and Chinese presidents. Iranian officials have yet to comment on the queen’s death, or on her successor King Charles III ascending to the throne. Izadi also spoke in an English-language broadcast on Iranian state network Press TV, saying: “The queen is a famous imperialist, colonialist, war criminal, aggression of the British army throughout the world is done under her name. British armed forces are the queen’s armed forces. “So we have just a handful of people who have engaged in so many atrocities in the last century: Hitler, for example, some American presidents belong to that list, and Queen Elizabeth that oversaw the end of the British empire. “The number of people that have been killed are in the millions and the queen is responsible for that. Justice was not delivered to one of the most vicious individuals of that last century.” Across much of the globe, the death of the queen, one of the most famous people in the world, was headline news, with primetime coverage the norm. Information on the queen’s death in Iran, though, has been limited to a few headlines and images. Press TV also published an online piece saying the queen “inflicted excruciating suffering on millions across the world,” blaming her for Bahrain not being Iranian territory. The piece also accused the BBC of indoctrinating the British public against Tehran.