The European Union welcomed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi to Brussels on Tuesday, as the bloc also condemned the crackdown on protests in the Islamic republic. Ebadi, the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, and her rights group, the Human Rights Defenders Centre, have given their backing to the popular post-election protests and called for an end to violence by security and militia forces.
The European Union welcomed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi to Brussels on Tuesday, as th...