protests against the regime Because of renewed executions: EU and British tighten sanctions against Iran Protests in Iran continue despite executions and intimidation by the regime (stock image) © Uncredited/AP/DPA More executions in Iran mean that the EU imposes tougher sanctions on the regime in Tehran. The UK even goes a little further than the EU countries. Following the recent executions in Iran, the European Union has further tightened its sanctions against the Islamic Republic. According to diplomats, the EU...
Thirty political prisoners in Iran, including the Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah or the daughter of former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, signed a platform made public on Sunday demanding that the executions of demonstrators cease. "We, political and ideological prisoners of the women's ward of Evin prison (Tehran), demand an end to the executions of demonstrators and an end to the unjust sentences inflicted on prisoners in Iran", can we read in this text.“Whatever our religious and political beliefs and our origins”,...
For alleged espionage Iran executes British-Iranian ex-politicians 1/14/2023 8:43 am Executions are reported in Iran. The Islamist regime does not stop at its own ranks. Aliresa Akbari is sentenced to death for alleged espionage. The former deputy defense minister, who also has British citizenship, has probably fallen victim to an internal power struggle in Tehran. Iran has executed a former British-Iranian leader on charges of espionage. This is reported by the Misan justice portal. Iran had sentenced Aliresa Akbari to...
Status: 01/14/2023 05:55 a.m In Iran, the arrests and trials of dissident demonstrators are not decreasing. That can't stifle the protest. A realization of those affected: Public pressure can work - and international help. By Katharina Willinger, ARD Studio Istanbul Executions in Iran take place in the early hours of the morning, just after the azan, the call to morning prayers. For weeks now, many Iranians have been picking up their cell phones with an anxious question: has another death...
justice Berlin reacts sharply to further executions in Iran Mohammed-Mehdi K., a convicted and executed protester, during his trial. photo © Amir Abbas Ghasemi/Mizan News Agency/AP/dpa Iran continues to carry out the death penalty against people who took to the streets against the regime. The federal government sharply condemns this and calls for an end to the executions. The German government has reacted sharply to the execution of two other demonstrators in Iran. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) called on the...
justice Germany reacts sharply to further executions in Iran Mohammed-Mehdi K., a convicted and executed protester, during his trial. photo © Amir Abbas Ghasemi/Mizan News Agency/AP/dpa Iran continues to carry out the death penalty against people who took to the streets against the regime. The federal government sharply condemns this and calls for an end to the executions. The German government has reacted sharply to the execution of two other demonstrators in Iran. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) called on the...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs US condemns executions in Iran US State Department spokesman Ned Price accuses Iran of "sham trials". photo © Kevin Lamarque/AP Pool/dpa "These executions are an integral part of the regime's efforts to quell protests," the US State Department spokesman wrote. The US doesn't want to accept that. The US government has "strongly" condemned the execution of two more protesters in Iran. State Department spokesman Ned Price accused Iran of conducting "sham trials" against the men Mohammed-Mehdi...
Status: 07.01.2023 18:41 Politicians and activists have reacted in horror to the two recent executions of protesters in Iran. They denounced sham trials and called for more pressure on Tehran. Ayatollah Khamenei swapped the country's police chief. The execution of two other protesters in Iran has sparked global outrage. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for more pressure on the Iranian regime. The two men were hanged "because they did not want to submit to the brutal and inhumane actions," the...
Iranian justice announced the hanging Saturday of two men found guilty of having killed a paramilitary during the demonstrations triggered by the death in custody of the young Iranian-Kurdish Mahsa Amini. These hangings bring to four the number of executions since the start of the protest movement in Iran in mid-September."Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, the main perpetrators of the crime that led to the martyrdom of Rouhollah Ajamian, were hanged this morning" on Saturday, the judicial authority...
Two days after three executions by hanging for rape and armed robbery, this weekend, two men were executed for murder in Sistan-Balochistan, a province in southeastern Iran. Elias Raisi and Ayoub Rigi were hanged on December 24, reports Mizan Onlinethe Iranian Judiciary's news site.“Elias Raisi was executed for a murder committed in May 2020 amid family disputes,” said Mehdi Shamsabadi, attorney general of the provincial capital Zahedan, on Monday. Ayoub Rigi suffered the same fate for having killed with a...
