Norway reverses asylum decision for Mohammad Reza Heydari, Iranian diplomatic defector
Under pressures from Iranian government, Norway reverses an earlier decision to grant political asylum to Mohammad Reza Heydari, senior Iranian diplomat who defected Iran in objection to violation of human rights in Iran. Norway now plans to return the outspoken diplomat to Iran despite imminent dangers to his life inside Iran.
Heydari resigned as consul of the Iranian embassy in Oslo and went into hiding along with his family after a December crackdown in Tehran on protesters disputing the results of last year's presidential election.
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