Presseaussendung; EU concerned about presence of Tehran Chief Prosecutor at UN Human Rights Council

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EU concerned about presence of Tehran Chief Prosecutor at UN Human Rights Council

Vienna, 26 June 2006 - The European Union noted with concern the inclusion of Tehran's Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi in the official delegation of Iran to the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Mr. Mortazavi has been closely associated with some of the most worrying developments in the field of human rights in Iran in recent years, in particular concerning restrictions of freedom of expression and the media as well as the death of the Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi while under detention by the Iranian authorities. The European Union conveyed these concerns to the Iranian delegation in Geneva.

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