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Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Triesman (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005.


Iran: Capital Punishment

Question
Whether they have made representations to the Government of Iran regarding the number of persons who have been executed in Iran since Mr Ahmadinejad became President.
Answer

In our role as presidency of the European Union, we have pressed the Iranian authorities on Iran’s use of capital punishment six times in the period since President Ahmadinejad was inaugurated in early August. We did so most recently on 8 December.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2955; 676 c258WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Capital punishment Iran
Link
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