On Thursday evening the Foreign Ministry announced that a Luxembourger of Iranian descent has been arrested in Iran and sentenced to death.

Minister Jean Asselborn spoke on the phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian to discuss the case and speak about the situation in the country.

Since September, there have been protests in Iran for more freedom and women's rights, during which people have been killed time and again. The regime in Iran is cracking down on the movement, arresting demonstrators and sentencing some to death.

Two people have already been executed in this context.

According to the letter from the Foreign Office, Minister Asselborn supports the efforts of the EU and member countries to stand up for the demonstrators.

Luxembourg opposes the death penalty without exception, stating it as cruel and inhuman punishment.