In a meeting with the head of the visiting European Parliament delegation Angelika Beer, Borujerdi said, “Although Mojahideen-e-Khalq Organization is on the list of the world’s terrorist organizations, it is of great surprise that the parliaments of some European countries are having ties with this terrorist group.”
The chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee added that EU’s silence about torture in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo prisons contradicted its claims to defend human rights.
“The bitter acts of torture in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo violated the international law. They contradicted some countries’ beautiful rhetoric about defending human rights.”
The former diplomat added that Iran’s parliamentary relations with the European Union are closer than those of other countries.
Borujerdi said both Iran and the EU are concerned about the problem of drug trafficking in Afghanistan.
Iran has suffered great human and financial losses in its efforts to counter drug trafficking in the southwestern Asian country, the MP stated, adding, “Although the U.S. and European troops are present in Afghanistan, the production of narcotics has increased.”
He called on the European Parliament to “take more serious actions against this international crisis.”
Beer, for her part, expressed satisfaction over her meetings with Iranian officials.
She said that continued talks between the Islamic Republic and the European Union will provide grounds for clearing misunderstandings and expanding cooperation between the two sides.
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