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Europe

Sweden summons Iran ambassador to protest violence

2009-06-24

Sweden on Tuesday summoned Iran's ambassador and conveyed its concern over violence in the wake of last week's elections, a foreign ministry official said. Sweden, which is due to assume the European Union presidency on July 1, expressed its concern over developments in the country after the elections as well as the restrictions imposed on media, the official said.

The Czech Republic, the current EU president, on Monday called on the bloc's members to consider summoning the heads of Iran's missions in Europe to protest against violence which followed the June 12 elections.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Bingo, tw. I'd use the embassies to spread subversion. If a diplomat is caught he/she is PNG'd. Small price to pay for that. If I were the PM of, say, Canada, I'd have my diplomats on the street gathering information, spreading encouragement, and standing up to the rats with clubs. My embassy would push to the limit to help the protesters.

Posted by: Steve White 2009-06-24 16:14

#3 If the embassies are closed, Jack is Back!, where will the wounded protesters hide?

Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-24 16:08

#2 Will our Leader follow the lead? Maybe if he gets too much flack for not being strong enough. But he wont do it willinly. Maybe after sharing hot dogs with Irans diplomats.

Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-06-24 11:35

#1 If everyone is so concerned about what is happening in Iran why not just recall all their diplomatic missions? Isolate them diplomatically. Then kick out their missions which are nothing more than intelligence gathering and security missions to follow and hassle local Iranian expats anyway.

Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-06-24 09:40

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