32 countries, as well as the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs, issued a joint statement condemning the ongoing executions of protesters and the use of the death penalty in Iran. The statement was published on August 12 on the website of the German Foreign Ministry.

Among the signatories of the document are Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Norway and other countries.

The authors of the statement stressed that the use of the death penalty to suppress dissent and punish people for exercising their rights cannot be justified.

The countries called on the Iranian authorities to immediately end the use of the death penalty and release all those arbitrarily detained, as well as ensure the rights of citizens to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.

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