Iran: EU Presidency Declaration on the imminent execution of three Ahwazi men

The European Union deplores the execution of four Ahwazi Arab men on 24 January sentenced to death in Iran for alleged involvement in terrorist activities in the Ahwaz region.

The EU has raised with the Iranian authorities its concerns about the conduct of the trial that led to these sentences and the defendants' lack of access to lawyers.

The EU calls on Iran to halt the executions of the remaining three men, to allow these men a fair and public hearing, and to ensure full openness and transparency in all court proceedings. The EU reiterates its longstanding opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances.

The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this declaration."


*Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.

| Top |

• Iran: EU Presidency Declaration on death sentences of Adnan Hassanpour and Abdolvahed Boutimar (3/8/2007)
• Iran: EU Presidency Declaration on human rights cases (25/5/2007)
• EU record on human rights protection in 2006 under scrutiny (28/3/2007)
• EU External Relations Council Conclusions (5/3/2007)
• EU Council Conclusions on Iran (22/1/2007)
• EU Presidency Statement - Situation of human rights in Iran  (19/12/2006)
• Iran: EU Presidency Declaration on arrest of Mansour Ossanlou (13/12/2006)
• EU Presidency General Statement - Situation of human rights in Iran (20/11/2006)
• EU Presidency Declaration on freedom of the press in Iran (5/10/2006)