Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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I want to move into area of the whole international role played by Iran.

We come from a Western liberal democracy while the ambassador comes from an Islamic state, meaning there are significant cultural differences between us. However, there are basic norms which we all wish to apply to human beings. The sight of the Iranian authorities hanging homosexuals from the jibs of cranes is the most obvious obscenity of the abuse of people’s human rights. The discrimination against women with the implementation of a dress code by the fanatical Islamist police runs counter to what we believe are a woman’s human right to dress according to her choice.