Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has given an assurance of her commitment to the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, the young Iranian condemned to death. “The appeal by Reyhaneh’s mother cannot leave us unmoved”, she said.
“Italy, by tradition, is opposed to the death penalty and we have been campaigning for years in the United Nations on this issue. I hope, therefore, with due respect for the procedures in Iran, that the sentence can be reviewed. Yesterday, the Italian Embassy in Tehran sent a message to that effect to the Iranian authorities”, explained the Minister.
“I am sure that the words of Reyhaneh’s mother will be carefully listened also in a country like Iran whose millennia-long culture I have often had the opportunity to admire. A culture that has always set a great value on human life”, concluded Minister Mogherini.
