据伊朗国际通讯社报道，外交消息人士透露，一名常驻日内瓦联合国欧洲总部的伊朗高级外交官已离职，并向瑞士申请政治庇护。目前，伊朗国内政治动荡加剧。

消息人士称，阿里雷扎·杰伊拉尼·霍克马巴德是伊朗常驻日内瓦联合国代表团的高级官员，他与家人一同离职后寻求庇护。他担任参赞，并兼任全权公使，实际上是伊朗常驻日内瓦联合国及其他国际组织代表团的副团长。

消息人士称，杰伊拉尼决定不返回伊朗，是出于对伊朗持续不断的政治和社会动荡可能带来的后果的担忧，以及对伊朗伊斯兰共和国政权稳定性的担忧。

瑞士当局尚未就此庇护申请发表公开评论。

杰伊拉尼于2017年加入伊朗驻日内瓦代表团担任顾问，之后逐步晋升，代表伊朗出席联合国下属经济机构的活动，包括贸易、发展和投资论坛。

外交消息人士称，国际社会对伊朗抗议者的支持日益增长，包括欧洲领导人和欧洲议会的表态，这加剧了驻欧伊朗外交官的焦虑情绪。

消息人士称，近几周来，几名伊朗外交官私下联系了欧洲各国当局，探讨或提交庇护申请。由于事态敏感，这些消息人士要求匿名。

欧洲消息人士称，一些国家政府正在审查或已决定更积极地接受伊朗外交官的庇护申请，即使申请人无法立即证明其生命受到直接威胁。

伊朗外交官在国内动荡时期叛逃并非史无前例。 2009年被称为“绿色运动”的抗议活动之后，多名伊朗驻欧洲外交官辞职并寻求政治庇护，他们后来指控伊朗当局存在选举舞弊和暴力镇压。

当时叛逃的外交官包括伊朗驻挪威领事穆罕默德·礼萨·海达里、驻芬兰临时代办侯赛因·阿里扎德、驻米兰领事艾哈迈德·马利基以及驻布鲁塞尔大使馆官员阿萨杜拉·法尔扎德·法尔汉吉安。

Asenior Iranian diplomat based at the United Nations’ European headquarters in Geneva has left his post and applied for asylum in Switzerland, diplomatic sources told Iran International, amid mounting political unrest in Iran.

Alireza Jeyrani Hokmabad, a senior official at Iran’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva, sought asylum together with his family after leaving his workplace, the sources said. He held the rank of counsellor and served as minister plenipotentiary, effectively the deputy head of Iran’s mission to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva.

The sources said Jeyrani decided not to return to Iran out of fear of potential repercussions linked to the ongoing political and social upheaval in the country, as well as concerns over the stability of the Islamic Republic’s governing structure.

Swiss authorities have not publicly commented on the asylum request.

Jeyrani joined Iran’s mission in Geneva in 2017 as an adviser and later rose through the ranks, representing Iran in economic bodies affiliated with the United Nations, including forums dealing with trade, development and investment.

Diplomatic sources said that growing international support for Iranian protesters, including statements by European leaders and the European Parliament, has contributed to rising anxiety among Iranian diplomats stationed in Europe.

Several Iranian diplomats have in recent weeks privately contacted authorities in European countries to explore or submit asylum requests, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

European sources said several governments are reviewing or have decided to more readily accept asylum requests from Iranian diplomats, even in cases where applicants cannot immediately demonstrate a direct threat to their lives.

Defections by Iranian diplomats during periods of domestic unrest are not unprecedented. Following the 2009 protests known as the Green Movement, several Iranian diplomats in Europe resigned and sought asylum, later citing electoral fraud and violent repression by the authorities.

Among those who defected at the time were Iran’s consul in Norway, Mohammad Reza Heydari; its chargé d’affaires in Finland, Hossein Alizadeh; the consul in Milan, Ahmad Maleki; and an embassy official in Brussels, Assadollah Farzad Farhangian.