The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Ms Federica Mogherini, is traveling to Tehran on Tuesday to open a new dialogue on "bilateral issues" with Iranian officials a fortnight after the nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers. Yet her travel puts in peril Europe's democratic values, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former Vice-President of the European Parliament, wrote in a column for the United Press International on Tuesday:
It is an illusion to imagine that the nuclear agreement will lead to an improvement in the human rights situation in Iran. All the signs indicate that the agreement will embolden the mullahs to further abuse their citizens and to prevent an opening of the political atmosphere which could lead to a repeat of the upsurge of anti-government sentiments that took place in the 2009 uprisings.
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