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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Council has frequently expressed its concern regarding the plight of women in Iran. In its resolution last December on the human rights situation in Iran, one that also had the Union’s support, the UN General Assembly expressed its grave concern over discrimination and other human rights violations, including the systematic discrimination against women and girls in legislation and in practice.
The Council deplores the worsening human rights situation in Iran. When it met on 20 March 2006, it condemned the harsh response to the peaceful demonstration organised on International Women’s Day. When it met on 15 May, the Council expressed its concern about the increase in the number of executions, random arrests, the tightening of restrictions on access to information, and the increase in violations of freedom of speech and freedom of religion. The Council was referring in particular to the intimidation and harassment of advocates of human rights lawyers and minority groups.
When it met on 17 July, the Council focused special attention on the continuing violations of freedom of expression and association, including the violent break-up of the peaceful demonstration by those demanding an end to laws that discriminate against women.
The Council is therefore aware of the incidents connected with recent demonstrations. The EU still intends to raise questions of human rights, including the rights of women, both with Iran directly and in international forums.
The Union intends to state its concern both in the confidential and in the public context. During the Finnish Presidency, the EU has already made three public statements on the human rights situation in Iran. On account of the death of the student activist, Akbar Mohammad, at the Evin prison on 24 August, the Presidency said that the EU was seriously concerned about the harsh treatment of dissidents, opposition leaders, student activists and all defenders of human rights in Iranian prisons.
In an official statement made at the end of July, the Presidency stated that the Union was gravely concerned about the worsening plight of the defenders of freedom of speech and human rights in Iran. The statement made separate mention of the prominent human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, who was sentenced to five years in prison. Mention was also made of Ali-Akbar Mousavi Khoeini, who was arrested during the demonstration in support of women’s rights on 12 June, the lawyer Farshid Jadollahi and Omid Beruzi, who were also sentenced to prison, and the arrests of defenders of labour laws in Tehran.
An official statement was made on 10 July, in which the Finnish Presidency expressed the European Union’s concern that the Iranian academic Ramin Jahanbeglu is still in detention.
The Council is still trying to organise a meeting between the EU and Iran within the framework of the human rights dialogue which began in 2002. At the meeting both parties would have the opportunity to discuss all their worries concerning human rights."@en1
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