WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday tagged Iran andCuba as serial human rights abusers even as it accelerates attempts to improve relations with both countries.
Just days before the resumption of high-level nuclear talks with Tehran and weeks before the expected re-opening of embassies in Washington and Havana, the State Department criticized Iran and Cuba, along with many other nations, as violators of basic freedoms in 2014 in its annual human rights reports.
Last week, the administration also criticized Iran for its "undiminished" support for terrorism in 2014. Cuba was identified as a "state sponsor of terrorism" in 2014, although it was removed from that list earlier this year.
Administration officials have defended their outreach to Cuba as an effort to improve the human rights situation in the country after decades of isolating the communist nation through an embargo and strict sanctions.
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