Germany summons Iranian envoy

Mon Dec 27, 2010

The German Foreign Ministry has summoned Tehran's Ambassador to Berlin Ali-Reza Sheikh-Attar over the fate of the two German nationals arrested in Iran.

Posing as reporters, the Germans interviewed the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman who has been convicted of complicity in the murder of her husband as well as adultery.

The two German nationals were arrested after a person close to the family alerted Iranian authorities of their suspicious behavior.

Iran says the two have admitted to breaking the law.

On Friday, two family members of the German nationals, who were accompanied by German Ambassador to Tehran Brand Erbel, traveled to Iran but were unable to meet the two.

Germany's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Stefan Bredohl said Berlin had been under the impression that the journalists would be able to meet their family members and the German ambassador.

German officials "expressed their displeasure" over the matter, DPA quoted Bredohl as saying on Monday.

Iran has cited political motives behind the Western propaganda campaign regarding the legal ruling against Mohammadi Ashtiani.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in late September the West is deliberately hyping the case of the convicted Iranian woman, while ignoring the fact that 53 women are on death row in the United States and awaiting execution.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/157389.html.