The fact that the Iranian leadership is setting “a cruel example” with “these perfidious fast-track procedures” and the death sentence underlines the regime’s contempt for human beings, said the Green politician on Thursday at a meeting with her Irish colleague Simon Coveney in the capital Dublin.
According to information from government circles, the Federal Foreign Office quoted the Iranian ambassador in Germany to the ministry in connection with the incidents. This is considered a harsh diplomatic response.
Protests in Iran: State media report first execution
“We have been seeing for weeks that the Iranian regime’s oppression and arbitrariness are becoming increasingly brutal,” criticized Baerbock. “The death penalty is used as an instrument of terror, people are arrested by the hundreds and thousands.” In prisons, sexualised violence is used in a targeted manner. The events underlined “how important it was that we as the European Union responded with specific human rights sanctions. And we will continue to respond with tough measures.”
Coveney said the EU would take a strong and united position at next Monday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels and expand sanctions on Iran. Coveney spoke of a brutal response to legitimate protests in the face of the execution.
According to state media, a demonstrator was executed in Iran for the first time since the mass protests began almost three months ago. Several death sentences have been imposed on demonstrators in recent weeks. The trigger for the nationwide protests was the death of the Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini. She died in police custody on September 16 after being arrested by the Morality Police for breaking the Islamic dress code.
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