• Iranian consular official in Finland defects
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[url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHT7MHom-l8X7zSdcXWYs1_ueS8gD9I59SLO0]Source[/url] [quote="The Associated Press"]PARIS — A ranking diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Finland said Friday he has quit his job to protest the Islamic Republic's treatment of its citizens. Hossein Alizadeh said he had held the No. 2 post at the embassy in Helsinki as deputy head of mission. He said he informed the embassy four days ago of his decision to quit after staying off the job for nearly a month. "I don't consider myself anymore a diplomat standing beside a brutal Iranian regime," Alizadeh said in a telephone interview from the Finnish capital. He said that "I have let the embassy now that I have resigned from my job and ... I'm not anymore a diplomat. I am a political dissident." Alizadeh said he was considering how to more forward, and so far had not applied for political asylum. The Iranian Embassy in Helsinki did not answer its phone on Friday evening and messages could not be left. Finland's Foreign Ministry said it was unaware of Alizadeh's case. Alizadeh is the second Iranian diplomat in Europe known to have cast off his job to protest the Iranian government's policies and crackdown on citizens. Iranian consular official Mohammed Reza Heydari left his post in Oslo, Norway, in January, and was granted political asylum in that country. Alizadeh said he has joined no particular movement, "just the general green movement of the Iranian nation."[/quote]
Good on him. I bet two dollars he'll go "missing" in a few weeks.
Huh. Interesting.
[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;24754622]Good on him. I bet two dollars he'll go "missing" in a few weeks.[/QUOTE] i would make that bet but we'll really never know for sure
Well, his family is fucked then.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;24758006]Well, his family is fucked then.[/QUOTE] thats prolly why he left his family prolly got killed or some shit. he talked about poor treatment of the citizens, maybe his family died due to starvation or whatever
[QUOTE=Jessesmith1;24766091]thats prolly why he left his family prolly got killed or some shit. he talked about poor treatment of the citizens, maybe his family died due to starvation or whatever[/QUOTE] His family lives in Finland with him, says the Finnish news.
Finnish Facepunch Force, mobilize. Protect subject at all cost.
Fuck, can't do it at the moment.
Well it's nice that some of Iran's goverment officials have brain.
I hope he dosn't get converted to c[sp]atholisism[/sp]. What? Did you think I'd say "communism"? Why that's bannable!
Yes I did, and it wasn't funny.
[QUOTE=DogGunn;24794114]Yes I did, and it wasn't funny.[/QUOTE] Well, thinking I'd say "communism" does sound like a very generic thought in general and is problably lacking of any comic releif.
[QUOTE=Vinze;24794197]Well, thinking I'd say "communism" does sound like a very generic thought in general and is problably lacking of any comic releif.[/QUOTE] hey thats why you put spoiler tags around it
Apparently Iranians as people are pretty pro American.
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