Ambassador of Iran summoned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb summoned Ambassador Reza Nazarahari, the Iranian ambassador to Finland, today, 24 June, owing to the execution of a minor that took place in Iran. The execution implemented in Iran on 10 June stemmed from a death sentence for a crime committed as a minor; three others sentenced to death for crimes committed as a minor also face the threat of execution.
Minister Stubb stated that Finland strongly deplores executions of minors. Sentencing minors to death is unambiguously forbidden by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which have been ratified by Iran. The execution of minors is therefore a clear infringement against Iran’s international human rights obligations.
Stubb appealed to Iran not to implement the executions planned.
Additional information: Legislative Secretary Janina Hasenson, Unit for Human Rights Policy, tel. +358 9 1605 5320, Counsellor Leena Pylvänäinen, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 9 1605 6278, Juha Kirstilä, Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, mobile tel. +358 40 552 8200