Iranian court sentences Luxembourg citizen to death

The Iranian court issued a death sentence against a citizen of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Report informs, citing Iran International, that the ministry strongly condemned this sentence and welcomed the efforts of the European Union to support the protests in Iran.

According to information, the country's foreign minister, Jan Asselborn, discussed the issue with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdullahian.

It was reported that during the recent protests, a citizen of the European Union countries was arrested in Iran. According to the statement of the Union, the official goal of Tehran in these arrests is the political deal with Western countries. According to information, Belgian humanitarian worker Olivier Vandekastel imprisoned in Iran was sentenced to 28 years in prison.

A total of 76 people were executed in Iran in the last month.