Hr. formand, hr. kommissær, hvis vi var de eneste, der havde hævet stemmen de seneste dage for at advare myndighederne i Iran, ville 13 iranere anklaget for spionage udelukkende under foregivende af at have haft relationer med slægtninge i en anden del af verden netop i dette øjeblik være blevet dømt for lukkede døre ved en undtagelsesprocedure, der ikke ville have levnet dem nogen chance for at bevare de mest elementære rettigheder til at få et forsvar.
Mr President, Commissioner, if voices other than ours had not been raised in the last few days, to give the Iranian Government a warning, thirteen Iranians charged with espionage just for being in touch with relatives in other parts of the world would, at this very moment, be facing trial behind closed doors under summary procedure, leaving them no chance of their most basic rights to a defence being guaranteed.