Ashton Under Fire For Meeting With Iran Rights Activists
Catherine Ashton (L), the European Union's top foreign policy diplomat, at a meeting with Narges Mohammadi (right), an Iranian human rights activist and mother of Sattar Beheshti, who died in Iranian custody./ WASHINGTON -- On her recent two-day trip to Iran, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with human rights defenders, including the mother of a blogger who died in prison in 2012. The meeting has infuriated Iranian hard-liners, who harshly criticized Ashton. Media outlets close to the government reported that a protest by ...
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