GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION

UNCLAS ATHENS 001559 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/PGI JEN ELDRIDGE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL GR IR SUBJECT: GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION REF: SECSTATE 117357 ¶1. (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points with MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights head Ilias Fotopoulos. Fotopoulos believed Greece would vote against a no-action motion and in favor of the resolution condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. He said, however, that consultations within the EU continued and that Greece would follow the EU consensus, whatever that turned out to be. He promised to inform us once the EU position became clear. Fotopoulos confirmed that his Directorate -- and not only the D1 Directorate for International Organizations -- had authority to provide instructions to the Greek mission at the UN. SPECKHARD