15/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Lawyer in detention. On Tuesday 13 March, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton called on Iran to dismiss the charges brought against Abdolfattah Soltani, a prominent Iranian lawyer, and to release him immediately. Soltani “bravely stood up to defend the rights of numerous human rights activists in his country”, Ashton said, expressing great concern at the “exceedingly harsh verdict given by an Iranian court” against the lawyer. The...