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06TALLINN369
2006-04-20 12:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tallinn
Cable title:
ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT
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UNCLAS TALLINN 000369
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TAGS: PGOV PHUM SOCI IR EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT
OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
REF: STATE 54484
On April 12 Poloff delivered reftel points concerning
Iran's treatment of religious minorities to Kadri Jogi,
MFA Iran Desk Officer. Estonia has a small Bahai
community of 150 members and the GOE is concerned about
the problems the Bahai and other religious minorities
face in Iran. At the April 11-12 GAERC meeting in
Brussels Jogi said that Foreign Minister Urmas Paet
strongly supported the EU's common opinion that Iran
must pay more attention to human rights and religious
freedom.
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