Iran Tribunal Organizers Say Tehran Threatens to Partially Suspend Upcoming Nuclear Talks

Iran Tribunal Organizers Say Tehran Threatens to Partially Suspend Upcoming Nuclear Talks

VOA-11-13-2021

WASHINGTON — 

Human rights activists holding a tribunal in London to investigate Iran’s deadly suppression of protests in 2019 say they have learned that Tehran is threatening to partially suspend upcoming nuclear talks with world powers if the tribunal continues.

A Persian-language tweet posted Friday by the tribunal organizers cited unnamed European sources as saying Iran’s deputy foreign minister and lead nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani made the threat Thursday during a meeting with British officials in London.

The tweet said the European sources quoted Bagheri Kani as telling the British officials: “You want us to negotiate with you about the (2015 Iran nuclear deal), but instead of showing us goodwill, you have allowed terrorists to put us on trial here.”

Bagheri Kani’s reference to “terrorists” appeared to be aimed at the human rights groups staging the tribunal, which opened Wednesday and is set to conclude Sunday.

The event, known as an international people’s tribunal, is organized by rights groups based in London, Paris and Oslo, Norway, and is aimed at investigating alleged atrocities related to Iran’s suppression of nationwide protests in November 2019. Rights activists have accused Iranian security forces of killing hundreds of protesters and wounding and detaining thousands more in the crackdown.

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