By The Washington Post

TEHRAN, Iran � A senior Iranian lawmaker says a group of European Parliament members has called off a planned trip to Iran.

The semiofficial Mehr news agency quotes Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying that the visit � scheduled to begin Sunday � was cancelled after Iran rejected preconditions by the team to meet with jailed Iranian dissidents Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi.

Boroujerdi heads the parliament�s Committee on National Security.

The European Parliament awarded the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Soutedeh, a human rights lawyer, and Panahi, a filmmaker. Both were charged with roles in supporting the opposition in post-election unrest in 2009.

 

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