Finland summons Iran envoy over post-vote trials

          
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          Finland summons Iran envoy over post-vote trials
          Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:58:31 GMT
          Malmoud Ahmadinejad winning by a landslide.
          Firland has summoned the Iranian ambassador to
          Helsinki to protest the trial of those accused of
          irwolvement in the country's post-election violerce.
          Reza Nazarahari, the Iranian erwoy, was called to the
          Foreign Ministry on Monday to hear Finland's concern
          over the mass trials which have been taking place over
          the past two weeks, the ministry said in a statement.
          Fimish Secretary of State Pertti Torstila held a meeting
          with Nazarahari, during which he called for the release
          of European citizens and embassy staff detained in the
          course of post-election unrest, the statement added.
          Iran has put on trial those allegedly involved in the
          violence sparked in the aftermath of the 10th
          presidential election, which saw incumbent president
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          Among the defendants in the dock are well-known political figures activists local staff working for British and
          French Embassies in Iran as well as a female French academic. last 24 hours last week
          In the meeting, Torstila also echoed an earlier statement by the European Union presidency, saying such moves
          would be considered as acts against all Eixopean Union members.
          The European Union's Swedish presidency on Saturday had criticized Iran for trying the embassy staff.
          ‘The presidency expresses its concern over the ongoing trial in Tehran in the aftermath of the election, including
          against two EU member states' embassy employees and one EU citizen,” the statement said.
          ‘The presidency reiterates that action against one EU country, citizen or embassy staff, is considered an action
          against all of the EU,” it added.
          The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi responded on Sunday, by saying that the EU
          statement lacked legal basis as the trial of the staff and the citizen was being carried out ‘in accordance with the
          international law'. maker
          Qashqavi also said that Iran reserved the right to put the three on trial in order to prevent interference in its
          domestic affairs.
          In reaction to a part of the statement which said that action against one EU country was considered an action
          against the entire EU, Qashqavi said that such approach surely amounted to ‘capitulation'.
          Tehran accuses Western countries -- the US and Britain in particular -- for instigating the post-election protests in
          Iran, calling on them to adopt a policy of non-interference towards the country.
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          Iran has put on trial those allegedly involved in the country's
          post-vote riots.
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