Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has summoned Iran’s ambassador-designate Mohammad Reza Saburi for Wednesday in protest for not having yet presented his credentials at the Quirinal Palace.
According to the Foreign Ministry, this step has been taken also due to the «seriousness» of the situation in Iran following the anti-government protests that have erupted in the country over the death of the young Mahsa Amini, as reported by the ADnkronos news agency.
Iranian authorities have so far executed two people convicted for their role in the demonstrations, while several thousand have been arrested. Among them are more than 20 facing the death penalty, according to a report published on December 10 by the local daily ‘Etemad’.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard recently confirmed that more than 300 people have been killed since the start of the protests, in what was the first official toll since the mobilizations began over the death of Amini, a member of Iran’s Kurdish minority. The figure is lower than the one provided by the NGO Iran Human Rights, which points to more than 400 dead as a result of repression by the security forces.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
