Today's Top Stories (June 15, 2009)

Today's Top Stories (June 15, 2009) - World reactions to disputed Iran election results


UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today: “The position of me and the United Nations is that the genuine will of the Iranian people should be fully respected.”
He added: “I have to watch ... this situation, how it evolves.”

European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, also said today that he was “concerned by the latest images and news that arrived from Tehran. I hope very much that at the end of the day the will of the people will be respected.”

He added that although there was little expectation of a change in Iran’s nuclear policy as a result of the election, the EU was still hoping to continue discussing the issue.
British Foreign Secretary David Milliband also said today:

“The very serious doubts that have been raised about the free and fair nature of the election counting process are obviously of major concern to many people in Iran.”
He added: “I think that in the very short term people will continue to focus on what seems to be state violence against its own people in Tehran and elsewhere.”

On Sunday night, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that "the actions of the Iranian security forces were completely unacceptable,” and he called on Iran to look into the allegations of irregularities of the election "immediately and without delay".

Today, Steinmeier summoned Iran's ambassador to Berlin, protesting at the crackdown against protesters, the following results.

France’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Eric Chevallier, said yesterday that Iran’s ambassador to France was summoned in view of the situation in Iran.

“We hope that the ambassador will bring explanations regarding the events in Iran and will listen to our concerns,” Le Figaro newspaper quoted Chevallier as saying in a released statement.

The statement continued: “While the campaign showed the vitality of democratic debate and the mobilization of Iranian civil society, France equally condemns the ...

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