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Germany expels two Iranian embassy employees over death sentence
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- 22 February, 2023
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Germany has declared two employees of the Iranian embassy "persona non grata" and ordered them to leave the country in protest over Iran sentencing a dual German citizen to death, a statement from the Foreign Office in Berlin said on Wednesday, Report informs, citing foreign media.
Germany also summoned Iran's charge d'affaires over the issue, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement. "He was informed that we do not accept the massive violation of the rights of a German citizen," she added.
"We call on Iran to revoke Iranian-German Jamshid Sharmahd's death sentence and provide him with a fair appeal process based on the rule of law."
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