Press Release: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on Iran

On 28 January 2010, the Iranian authorities announced the execution of Mr Mohammed Reza Alizamani and Mr Arash Rahmani, whom they described as "members of the monarchist
opposition". Both men were sentenced to death in mass trials that followed the presidential election on 12 June 2009. The European Union strongly condemns these two executions and expresses its profound concern at the death sentences imposed on persons tried in these mass trials.