Cablegate: Demarche Delivered: Urging Iran to Resolve Amcit

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PP RUEHIK
DE RUEHVJ #0012 0051549
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 051549Z JAN 10 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY SARAJEVO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1214
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC

UNCLAS SARAJEVO 000012

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

NEA/IR FOR MARWAHA, SPRING; CA/OCS FOR WALKER; NSC FOR
HOVENIER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC BK
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT
CASES

REF: STATE 129480

1. (SBU) Per reftel, post demarched Bosnian MFA Director of
Bilateral Affairs Jasmina Pasalic on January 5, soliciting
Bosnia's assistance in encouraging Iran to free Amcits who
have been imprisoned. Post provided para 7 of reftel as
non-paper to Pasalic.

2. (SBU) Pasalic had no substantive reply to the cases in
question, but advised that Bosnian MFA would continue to
raise human rights issues with the Iranians in periodic
meetings, and would consider the Amcit cases as a possible
topic for use in such human rights talks. Pasalic expressed
her concern generally about the use of detention and other
practices in Iran against students, protesters, and others
the regime seeks to pressure, and appeared knowledgeable
about Iran-related issues generally.

3. (SBU) Pasalic advised she would meet on January 5 with the
BiH ambassador on his way out to Tehran, and committed to
providing him the non-paper regarding the Amcit cases.

4. (SBU) Post will report on any further developments in the
matter.
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