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Iran Seeks Apology From France for Shipments of HIV-Infected Blood in 1980s

© AP Photo / Jacques Brinon, PoolFrench Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius delivers a speech during the a climate meeting in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2015
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius delivers a speech during the a climate meeting in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Laurent Fabius must apologize for sending infected blood supplies to Iran during his time in office as prime minister.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks to members of the media as he stands outside the United Nations Security Council chambers - Sputnik International
French Foreign Minister Fabius to Visit Iran Next Week
MOSCOW (Sputnik) French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius must apologize for sending infected blood supplies to Iran during his time in office as prime minister, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Monday.

In 1991, doctor and journalist Anne-Marie Casteret revealed that France knowingly distributed blood contaminated with HIV to haemophiliacs, including those in Iranian.

"Fabius should apologize to the Iranian nation for selling infected blood to Iran," Boroujerdi said as quoted by FARS news agency.

In 1999, then-French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius, then-Social Affairs Minister Georgina Dufoix and then-Health Minister Edmond Herve were charged with manslaughter following an investigation into the scandal of tainted blood sales. Later, the French Court of Cassation acquitted Fabius and Dufoix. Herve was found guilty, but was never sentenced.

The French Foreign Minister is expected to arrive in Iran next week to discuss bilateral trade after a nuclear agreement ensuring a peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program was reached earlier this month.

According to FARS, many of the blood scandal victims’ relatives oppose Fabius’ visit, blaming him for the spread of AIDS in Iran.

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