Britain Says Iran’s Execution of Two Protesters Is ‘Abhorrent’ 

Iran

January 8th, 5:27am

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly speaks during a joint press conference with his German counterpart following the first UK-Germany Strategic Dialogue meeting at Lancaster House in London on January 5, 2023. (AFP)

British foreign minister James Cleverly on Saturday condemned Iran's execution of two protesters and urged it to "immediately end the violence against its own people".  "The execution of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini by the Iranian regime is abhorrent," Cleverly said on Twitter.   "The UK is strongly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances."  Iran hanged the two men for allegedly killing a member of the security forces during nationwide protests that started after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini last September. 

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