Monitoring Desk
BERLIN: Germany summoned Iran’s ambassador to Berlin on Monday in protest against Tehran’s bloody crackdown on demonstrations and the latest executions of anti-government protesters, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
Baerbock told reporters that the Iranian envoy had been called to her ministry “to make unmistakably clear that the brutal repression, the oppression and terrorizing of its population, and the most recent two executions will not remain without consequence.”
Iran’s envoy was apprised of reservations
The German minister said it was “key” that the European Union remain united and not “close our eyes” to human rights violations in other nations.
“We must not be resigned but should make clear again and again that we stand by the people who want nothing but to live in freedom and security,” she said.
On Saturday, Iran executed Seyed Mohammad Hosseini and Mohammad Mehdi Karami for killing a paramilitary force member in November in Karaj area of Tehran.
Two other men, Majidreza Rahnavard and Mohsen Shekari were put to death in December after being convicted of attacks on security forces.
The latest executions have sparked global outrage and new Western sanctions against Iran.
Earlier German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Saturday’s executions “appalling” and urged Iran to stop carrying out the death penalty “and to release those arrested on false grounds.”
