A scene from hundreds of anti-riot security forces confronting protesters in Tehran on September 19

Switzerland Calls On Iran To Exercise Restraint Over Protests

Monday, 10/03/2022

Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry told Iran International on Monday that the country is working bilaterally and multilaterally to protect human rights in Iran. 

In response to our correspondent, Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pierre-Alain Eltschinger said that "Switzerland is following current developments in Iran closely.”

The ministry said that Switzerland on September 26 called for a rapid, impartial and independent investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini -- the Iranian girl whose death in police custody sparked an uprising across Iran -- within the framework of the Human Rights Council. 

It also urged Iranian authorities to exercise restraint towards peaceful demonstrators and to end Internet restrictions, Eltschinger added.

Based on the guidelines of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the country continues its efforts to protect human rights in Iran “specifically in the areas of freedom of expression, abolition of torture and the death penalty, women's rights and the protection of minorities,” the spokesperson noted.

Amid its heavy-handed clampdown on protesters throughout Iran, the Islamic Republic has so far summoned several ambassadors and foreign diplomats over their respective countries’ support for the protests.

A German foreign ministry source said on Monday that Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have submitted 16 proposals for new measures by the European Union against Iran over its violent clampdown on current protests.

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