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NCRI – Canada on Tuesday renewed its condemnation of human rights abuses by the clerical regime in Iran, AFP reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\nNCRI – Canada on Tuesday renewed its condemnation of human rights abuses by the clerical regime in Iran, AFP reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
It particularly raised concerns about a death sentence handed down to an Iranian-born Canadian resident by the regime.<\/p>\n
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“Canada remains deeply concerned by the continued flagrant disregard of the Iranian authorities for the rights of both Iranian and dual-national citizens,” Melissa Lantsman, spokeswoman for Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, told AFP.<\/p>\n
Saeed Malekpour, 35, the Iranian-born Canadian resident, was sentenced to death in December. He worked as a freelance website developer and programmer.<\/p>\n
“This appears to be another case in which someone in Iran is facing a death sentence after a highly questionable process,\u201d Ms. Lantsman said.<\/p>\n
According to the AFP, on Sunday, the clerical regime\u2019s prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency as saying two verdicts, one of them with respect to Mr. Malekpour, were sent to the regime\u2019s high court for confirmation.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, an Iranian woman also with dual national citizenship, was executed after being arrested for taking part in the 2009 uprisings against the regime.<\/p>\n
Zahra Bahrami was 45 and had both Dutch and Iranian citizenship.<\/p>\n
According to Reuters, the Netherlands froze official contacts with the Iranian regime in protest to the brutal execution. A Dutch foreign affairs ministry spokesman called the hanging of the 45-year-old mother \u201can act committed by a barbaric regime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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