World powers pressure Iran over violent crackdown

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Source: AFP

BRUSSELS (AFP) – European Union nations on Tuesday called in Iranian ambassadors to express new alarm over violence on the streets of Tehran as the world again sought to pressure the Islamic government over its crackdown.

Japan also expressed concern as Iran ruled out cancelling a disputed presidential vote.

At least five European countries called in the Iranian ambassadors to protest over events in Tehran. France summoned Iran's ambassador for the second time in eight days to condemn what it called the "brutal repression" of protests.

A senior French foreign ministry official expressed "great concern with developments in Iran" and reiterated France's demand that "full light be shed on the honesty of the presidential vote," said a ministry spokesman.

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