Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MADRID853
2006-04-07 11:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN ON IRANIAN TREATMENT OF BAHAI MINORITY
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UNCLAS MADRID 000853
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/IR, DRL, AND IRF
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON IRANIAN TREATMENT OF BAHAI MINORITY
REF: STATE 54484
(SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel points on April 7 to MFA
Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez Arias
and to MFA Assistant Subdirector General for the Middle East
Teresa Lizaranzu. Lizaranzu said that the issue of Iranian
treatment of the Bahai was very much a priority and that the
EU had made numerous in Tehran calling for protection of
their rights. She said the next GAERC would include a
specific point expressing concern regarding the conditions of
the Bahai and other minorities in Iran. Lizaranzu said these
efforts took place in the context of a broader push by the EU
for improved human rights practices by the government of Iran.
AGUIRRE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/IR, DRL, AND IRF
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PGOV SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON IRANIAN TREATMENT OF BAHAI MINORITY
REF: STATE 54484
(SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel points on April 7 to MFA
Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez Arias
and to MFA Assistant Subdirector General for the Middle East
Teresa Lizaranzu. Lizaranzu said that the issue of Iranian
treatment of the Bahai was very much a priority and that the
EU had made numerous in Tehran calling for protection of
their rights. She said the next GAERC would include a
specific point expressing concern regarding the conditions of
the Bahai and other minorities in Iran. Lizaranzu said these
efforts took place in the context of a broader push by the EU
for improved human rights practices by the government of Iran.
AGUIRRE