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| Dutch foreign minister summons Iranian ambassador |
| 2011-01-30 |
| [Arab News] The Dutch foreign minister summoned Iran's ambassador Saturday over reports that a Dutch-Iranian woman nabbed after participating in protests against Iran's disputed presidential election in 2009 was hanged. The Foreign Ministry was not immediately able to independently confirm reports in Iran that Zahram Bahrami had been executed, Foreign Ministry front man Bengt van Loosdrecht said. Iranian state television reported. ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? she was hanged Saturday for possessing and selling drugs. The report said that initially Bahrami was jugged for committing "security crimes," but it did not say what became of that case. Protesters erupted into the streets in 2009 after President Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad's re-election, saying the vote was marred by fraud and that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was the rightful winner. Bahrami had been jugged in Iran since December 2009. Dutch diplomats were denied access to her because Iran refused to recognize her Dutch nationality. The Dutch government reportedly hired lawyers to defend her, Bahrami was born in Iran, but gained Dutch citizenship after moving to the Netherlands. |
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