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Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens): "At no point was only the approach of a fair trial"
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The Iranian judiciary pronounced a death sentence against Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd on Tuesday.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reacted to this a few hours later with clear words.
The verdict was "absolutely unacceptable," said the Green politician.
"Not only is the death penalty cruel, inhuman and degrading, Jamshid Sharmahd never had the slightest attempt at a fair trial," Baerbock said in a statement on Tuesday in Berlin.
At the same time, the minister announced that the imposition of the death penalty “will result in a clear reaction”.
They have "repeatedly and at a high level supported Mr. Sharmahd."
These intensive efforts were disregarded by Iran.
"We call on Iran to remedy these shortcomings in the appeals process, to correct the verdict accordingly and to refrain from the death penalty."
Sharp criticism also came from Baerbock's party colleague Omid Nouripour.
"The inhumanity of the unjust Iranian regime knows no bounds," tweeted the party leader.
The chairwoman of the human rights committee in the Bundestag, Renata Alt (FDP), made a similar statement.
»The sentence to death of Djamshid Sharmahd shows once again how crude and inhuman the Iranian judiciary is.
Sharmahd is innocent and must be acquitted immediately," Alt said. "These inhumane policies of the mullah regime show the urgent need for further, tougher sanctions against Iran."
The CDU foreign politician Norbert Röttgen also called for consequences.
The federal government must "make it unmistakably clear that it does not accept this arbitrary judgment," tweeted Röttgen.
Iran has the technological capability to enrich weapons-grade uranium.
“Mrs. Baerbock should know that.
Germany and the EU continue to cling to an agreement that the regime in Tehran has stripped of its foundations and no longer wants.”
CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced in early January that he would take over Sharmahd's political sponsorship.
"With my sponsorship, I want to set an example for all men and women who are fighting for a free, self-determined life in Iran," it said on Merz's Twitter account.
»The world is watching what is happening in Iran.«
Amnesty International called on Germany to take decisive action.
Public pressure is now needed instead of "silent diplomacy," said Katja Müller-Fahlbusch, an expert on the Middle East at Amnesty International, according to a statement.
Amnesty had previously described the trial as a show trial.
“We have to assume he was the victim of torture.
His health has deteriorated dramatically in detention,” it said.
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