Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi criticized Friday the worsening human rights situation in her home country and appealed to the international community to put pressure on the government in Tehran to stop abuses against opposition groups.
But she rejected existing economic sanctions or the possibility of military intervention, saying this would ultimately hurt the Iranian people more than the government.
"The human rights situation in Iran is deteriorating rapidly," Ebadi said. "Every year we are taking a step back, not forward."
Speaking to a packed public meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, the 2003 Peace Prize winner …
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