Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PARIS2087
2008-11-12 13:57:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002087
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/12/2023
TAGS: PREL PHUM FR
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE
REF: STATE 117357
Classified By: Deputy Political Minister-Counselor Andrew Young, reason
s 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 5 to Pierre
Thenard, advisor to State Secretary for Human Rights Rama
Yade. PolMinC and NEA Watcher followed up in a November 12
meeting with NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli. Paoli
promised to check on the status of the EU lobbying effort and
underscored France's commitment to confronting Iran's dismal
human rights record. Post will report any further
substantive French response.
STAPLETON