Groups of Europeans held in Iran send letters condemning the EU position

Thomas Henry
2 min readSep 7, 2022

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Groups of European nationals held in Iran have sent a letter to European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, requesting replies over the destiny of their friends and family, which they feel are being dismissed as the coalition attempts to resuscitate an atomic arrangement, Reuters reports.

Lately, Iran’s first-class Revolutionary Guards have captured many double nationals and outsiders, for the most part on charges connected with undercover work and security.

“Exchanges with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have been occurring for a really long time. In the meantime, a few European residents are being kept prisoner by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said a letter addressed to Borrell seen by Reuters, dated 6 September.

It was endorsed by relatives of Benjamin Brière, Kamran Ghaderi, Ahmadreza Djalali, and Jamshid Sharmahd.

“We, the groups of French, Swedish, German, and Austrian residents, who have been wrongfully confined by the Iranian system, are insulted that the European Union is by all accounts overlooking these wrongdoings.”

Borrell’s office was not quickly accessible for input.

Converses with resuscitating a 2015 Accord to control Iran’s atomic program as a trade-off for the facilitating of authorizations have slowed down since March, in spite of expectations in August of a leap forward.

The EU is the facilitator of the backhanded discussions between Iran, the United States, and world powers and, on Monday, Borrell said he was less certain of arriving at an arrangement in the wake of accepting Tehran’s most recent proposition.

Privilege bunches have blamed Iran for attempting to extricate concessions from different nations through such captures. Iran, which doesn’t perceive double ethnicity, denies taking detainees to acquire political influence.

“Every one of them wonders, whether EU authorities have failed to remember them and how much longer they should persevere through this difficulty,” the letter expressed, approaching Borrell to zero in on their delivery.

“Will their delivery be focused on? Will the European Union focus on the safeguard of its qualities, the protection of common liberties, over monetary and different interests?” the letter added.

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