Press Release: Declaration by the High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union on Iran, Brussels, 12 June 2010

Since the Presidential elections of June 2009, the human rights situation in Iran has gravely deteriorated. Many Iranians have suffered violence, imprisonment and repression at the hands of the Iranian authorities over the last year. We note the ongoing climate of fear in Iran, arising from the continued intimidation of journalists, human rights defenders, students and all those who try to speak up in defence of their legitimate rights.