International

SP Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel has urged Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Verhagen to lodge a protest with the Iranian government against the execution of five Iranian Kurds. According to various reports, four men and a woman were hanged on Sunday 9th May. Each had already spent a number of years in prison for activities on behalf of pro-Kurdish organisations. Reports also indicate that they were suspected of carrying out armed attacks.

‘Once again Iran is executing political opponents after they have spent years on death row,’ says Van Bommel. ‘Even if these people committed acts of violence this is unacceptable. It demonstrates again the dictatorial character of the Iranian government. I am urging the Foreign Minister to lodge a protest with the Iranian government.’