Iran raps Germany over asylum for dissidents
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A senior Iranian legislator accused Germany on Monday of meddling in Iran's affairs by granting asylum to Iranians who fled the Islamic state after a crackdown on post-election protests. Germany confirmed on Saturday that it was giving asylum to dozens of dissident Iranians who participated in post-election protest rallies. Most of the refugees were journalists critical of the government.
"It is natural that the enemies of the Iranian nation would give medals and prizes to their soldiers and stooges," Hossien Ebrahimi, deputy chairman of Iran's parliamentary committee on security and foreign policy, was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA. (Reuters)
