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– The high number of executions in Iran is very worrying. We regularly raise this directly with the Iranian authorities and in multilateral forums., is stated in a statement by Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide (H) in an email to NTB from the communications unit of the Foreign Ministry on Monday.
Secretary of State Audun Halvorsen of the Foreign Ministry met with the Iranian ambassador on Monday.
– Our concern about the execution of Ruhollah Zam arose today when Secretary of State Halvorsen met with the Iranian ambassador at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry. Halvorsen also expressed concern about restrictions on freedom of speech and the press in Iran, it is further stated.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said the same day that she was dismayed by the execution, which took place on Saturday.
– His death sentence and hanging is typical of the pattern of confessions that are forced with torture and shown in state media, and that are used as the basis for convicting people, he says.
Several EU countries have also strongly condemned the execution.
