Foreign Dignitaries Attending Rouhani’s Inauguration Should Demand Visit to Detained Opposition Leaders

INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN

Foreign dignitaries invited to attend the inauguration of Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, should use the occasion to demand a visit to opposition leaders under house arrest, and publicly call for their immediate release, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

According to the Iranian media, Javier Solana, former EU foreign policy chief, and Jan Eliasson, the deputy general-secretary of the United Nations, are among the foreign dignitaries who will attend Rouhani’s inauguration in Tehran on August 4.

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