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"Mr President, when it comes to Iran one is inclined to despair; human rights and Iran are as far apart as one end of the ocean is from the other. There are hundreds of examples, the Nadarkhani case being the particular one we are highlighting today: a man arrested and in danger of being executed, possibly at any minute, for a charge called apostasy of religion. It seems that in Iran the policy is one state, one religion.
Anybody who does not embrace Islam is in danger of being executed or arrested or whatever at any particular time; whether they are male or female, young or old it does not seem to matter. Iran is up there with China in terms of the number of executions per annum; around 300 and many of them actually taking place in secret. This is despite the fact that Iran is party to international conventions and covenants which guarantee human rights. I think that it is time we took firmer action as an EU institution to highlight this and support the people of Iran in their struggle."@en1
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