Brussels, 29/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 27 October the visit to Iran of the delegation of five MEPs (see EUROPE 10717) was cancelled at the last moment after Iranian authorities told them that they could not meet the winners of the Sakharov Prize 2012, Nasrin Soutoudeh and Jafar Panahi.
As the MEPs were preparing to set off to Iran from 27 October to 2 November, the head of the delegation, Tarja Cronberg (Greens/EFA, Finland), received a call from the Iranian ambassador to the EU, who...