Execution of Iranian-German dissident: EU condemns “with the strongest possible measure” – Berlin summons Iranian envoy and recalls its ambassador

The European Union condemns “in the strongest possible terms” the execution in Iran of Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd and is considering taking “retaliatory measures” against Tehran, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced today. “We share the pain of the family and relatives and express our solidarity with the German government, with whom we are in contact,” Borrell said. In Berlin, the German Foreign Ministry announced that it had today summoned the Iranian envoy after the execution of Sharmakhd, who was a German citizen and was arrested and then imprisoned in 2020. right to take other measures,” the German ministry also said via X. In parallel with the summoning of the Iranian charge d’affaires in Berlin, the German ambassador in Tehran, Markus Potchel, contacted the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and “protested in the strongest terms the killing of Jamshid Sharmahd.” “German Foreign Minister Analena Burbock […]
Source: News Beast

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