Two Thousand People Were Arrested And Hundreds Are Missing In Iran

TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND HUNDREDS ARE MISSING IN IRAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 10:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Around 3000 Iranians participated in Sunday’s
opposition rally in Tehran. According to witnesses, local police has
been trying to disperse rally participants by using teargas.

All through the period of opposition rallies’ suppression, two thousand
people were arrested and hundreds are missing in Iran, International
Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) Vice-President in Iran Abdol Karim
Lahiji said at a rally in support of Iranian opposition in Paris.

EU called on Tehran to provide the security of western embassies’
employees. OSCE Foreign Ministers urged for liberation of 8 Iranian
employees of British Embassy in Tehran, detained on a charge of
participation in disorders. Paris rally participants resolved to
give collective rebuff to the attempts of Iranian law enforcement
agencies to intimidate and persecute European diplomats in Iran,
the Media reported.

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