Germany voiced concern Monday at the enforced closure of the Tehran office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
"We regard it as a further sign that the room for manoeuvre of those who defend human rights in Iran is getting smaller," said a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Berlin.
Iranian media reported Sunday the closure of the human rights centre.
Ebadi, 61, won the Nobel in 2003 for promoting human rights and democracy in Iran. She was the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to receive the honour, reported dpa.