To prevent Iran from executing demonstrators, intensifying international efforts

To prevent Iran from executing demonstrators, intensifying international efforts

Dec 15 2022

ARK News… In conjunction with the increase in the Iranian regime's issuance of death sentences against protesters and the possibility of the imminent implementation of some of them, international efforts have increased to prevent the implementation of these sentences.

A member of the German parliament, Hakan Demir, announced that he assumed the political agency for the two brothers, Farhad and Farzad Taha Zada, noting that these two demonstrators were sentenced to death last Tuesday and are expected to be executed soon, calling on the Iranian ambassador to Germany to stop the sentence.

The horror of the regime's brutality
The representative of the German Left Party, Clara Bonger, also sent an email to the office of "Iran International" in Berlin declaring that she was terrified of the brutality and violence of the Iranian regime, explaining that "for this reason, I took upon myself, as a member of the Federal Parliament, the political agency of Muhammad Qabadlu to do something." to save his life and freedom."

Another member of the German parliament, Carmen Wiig, also received the political agency of Armita Abbasi, a detained protester, whose whereabouts are unknown.

Another member of the German parliament, Yeh van Ree, took over the political agency of imprisoned rapper Tomag Salehi.

In turn, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Jawed Rahman, told BBC News that the international community should increase pressure on Iran to prevent further executions. Tehran should also be expelled from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Relatives of the two brothers, Farhad and Farzad Taha Zada, who was arrested during the public protests in Eshnave, told Iran International that their lives are in danger and they face imminent execution.

Meanwhile, the mother of the doctor sentenced to death, Hamid Kara Hasanlu, demanded, in a video message, the release of her son and his wife.

Diplomatic summons
Meanwhile, for the sixth time since the beginning of the protests, the Australian Foreign Ministry summoned the Chargé d'Affaires of the Tehran Embassy. Condemning the execution of demonstrators, it stressed its continued pressure to confront the "gross violation of human rights" by the Iranian regime.

The French Foreign Minister also announced that Paris had summoned the top Iranian diplomat in France regarding the suppression of protests, Tehran's role in the Ukraine war, and how to deal with French nationals imprisoned in Iran.

attempt to influence the system
The US Assistant Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, strongly condemned the execution of Majid Reza Rahnuward after a "mock trial".

In turn, Republican Senator Joni Ernst told "Iran International" that the execution of demonstrators in Iran is a "regrettable and heinous" act.

In response to a question about whether Western countries would withdraw their diplomats from Iran, she replied: "I am not ready to say something like that. At this time, we must have a strong presence there and try to influence the regime in the best possible way."

It is noteworthy that Iran has recently carried out two death sentences linked to the protests that have rocked the country since last September 16, following the killing of the Kurdish young woman, Mahsa Amini, amid a wave of widespread international condemnation.

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