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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will not be attending the World Refugee Forum in Geneva. The Iranian delegation will be led by diplomatic chief Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA on Tuesday. Mr. Raisi was due to address the forum on Wednesday. However, three Iranian opponents living in Switzerland have called on the Swiss Office of the Attorney General to arrest him. This appeal is supported by 330 personalities in a separate statement. Among them are five Swiss citizens, including parliamentarian Philippe Nantermod. + How Switzerland helped make the US-Iran prisoner swap work In a petition sent to Federal Prosecutor Andreas Müller, which Keystone-SDA viewed on Monday, the petitioners call for the Iranian president to be investigated for genocide and crimes against humanity. He is accused of having participated in torture and extrajudicial executions during the 1988 massacre of tens of thousands of opponents. As a member
Proposal for budget Swiss health insurance lenews.ch - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lenews.ch Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.