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The European Union on Tuesday condemned Iran’s continued use of capital punishment for domestic dissent and called on the authorities to end the practice immediately.
“The current pace of executions in Iran is appalling,” the EU protests, advising the Iranian leadership to pursue a consistent policy towards the abolition of the death penalty.
The alliance argued that the death penalty is incompatible with the inalienable right to life and the absolute prohibition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment.
The EU urged Iran to release all those unjustly arrested and uphold its obligations under international law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
A new video leaked showed the moment six dissidents sang songs of resistance within the premises of the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison before they were hanged.
The political prisoners were identified as Abolhassan Montazer, Akbar Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour, Mohammad Taghavi, Pouya Ghobadi, and Vahid Baniamerian.
On Tuesday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office summoned the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Seyed Ali Mousavi.
The Minister for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, said the action was in response to the Iranian diplomatic mission’s “inflammatory comments on social media.”
Falconer insists such remarks were unacceptable and asked the embassy to stop communications that could be interpreted as encouraging violence in Britain or internationally.
The UK did not specify the comment but this month on Telegram, the Iranian embassy encouraged Iranians in Britain to volunteer to sacrifice their lives to defend their country.
