Following the reviews of the execution of six Iranians in Saudi Arabia on drug-trafficking prices, Director Basic of Consular Affairs on the Iranian Overseas Ministry, Karimi Shasti, strongly protested the motion.
The Iranian diplomat famous that these individuals had been sentenced to demise by the Saudi judicial system a number of years in the past for drug trafficking prices, and through that point, the Iranian Overseas Ministry had constantly labored to supply consular companies to them and search a commutation of their sentences.
Nevertheless, he added, finishing up these executions with out prior notification to the embassy is totally unacceptable and violates the rules of worldwide regulation, together with the Conference on Consular Relations, the Overseas Ministry’s web site reported.
Karimi Shasti additionally famous that the Saudi ambassador to Tehran has been summoned to the Overseas Ministry, the place Iran’s robust protest and the inconsistency of this motion with the general judicial cooperation between the 2 nations had been formally conveyed to him. The need for an evidence relating to this matter was additionally harassed.
Additionally, a authorized and consular delegation from the Overseas Ministry is about to journey to Riyadh to additional pursue this difficulty.
