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Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union concerning the execution by stoning in Rasht, Iran

The European Union strongly condemns the new case of execution by stoning in the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the various reports, Vali Azad has been executed by stoning as a punishment for adultery in the Lakan Prison in city of Rasht around 5 March 2009.

The European Union is further deeply concerned at reports that Mohammad Ali Navid Khomami and Ashraf Kalhori have been sentenced to the death by stoning and might are under threat of imminent of execution.

The European Union urgently calls on the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to effectively and permanently terminate the practice of execution by stoning, in compliance with the International Covenant of Political and Civil Rights and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which the Islamic Republic of Iran has signed and ratified. The European Union also calls on the Iranian authorities to respect the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons From Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which they have approved, and the UNGA resolution A/RES/62/149, which requires states still carrying out the death penalty to respect the minimum standards of execution.

"The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process."