Germany summoned Iran's ambassador to Berlin on January 9 in protest of Tehran's bloody crackdown on demonstrations and the latest executions of anti-government protesters, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said. Baerbock told reporters the Iranian envoy had been called to her ministry "to make unmistakably clear that the brutal repression, the oppression, and the terrorizing of its own population as well as the most recent two executions will not remain without consequence." The executions have sparked global outrage and new Western sanctions against Tehran.
Germany Summons Iran Envoy Over Protester Executions
A demonstrator holds portraits of Iranian protesters Mohsen Shekari, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Mohammad Hosseini, and Majid Reza Rahnavard, who were executed in Iran, during a rally in Lyon, France, on January 8.