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Protesters successful London marching against Iran's leaders pursuing the decease of Mahsa Amini
By Rachel Russell
BBC News
The overseas caput has summoned Iran's astir elder diplomat successful the UK aft the authorities executed 2 much protesters astatine the weekend.
James Cleverly condemned the deaths and urged an extremity to "brutal repression".
The diplomat - Mehdi Hosseini Matin - was besides summoned successful November implicit alleged threats to journalists successful the UK.
The executions of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini person been condemned astir the world.
The 2 men said they had been tortured into making mendacious confessions implicit sidesplitting a subordinate of the information forces during protests against the authorities past year.
The UN said the executions followed "unfair trials based connected forced confessions".
Other countries including Germany and France person besides summoned their Iranian ambassadors.
Mr Cleverly said connected Monday: "The Iranian authorities indispensable extremity its run of brutal repression and commencement listening to the concerns of its people."
BBC News understands that Mr Cleverly has not straight spoken to Iran's complaint d'affaires, Mehdi Hosseini Matin, contempt instructing the Foreign Office to summon him 4 times.
The Foreign Office archetypal summoned Mr Hosseini Matin connected 3 October successful effect to the regime's crackdown connected nationwide protests prompted by the decease successful custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
The Metropolitan Police warned astatine slightest 2 journalists moving astatine Iran International, a Persian-language quality channel, of a menace to their lives aft an Iranian reconnaissance portion was reportedly seen extracurricular their homes and offices.
Image source, Iranian State TV
Image caption,Mohammad Mahdi Karami attending a tribunal proceeding successful Karaj, Iran, a period earlier helium was executed
The Foreign Office past sent different summons connected 8 December erstwhile different captive was executed.
BBC diplomatic analogous James Landale says summonses specified arsenic this are improbable to alteration the mode the Iranian authorities behave towards anti-government protesters.
But, helium adds, it is simply a mode of sending a awesome to Tehran that its actions are not going unnoticed and that they travel astatine a cost.
Widespread protests began successful Iran past twelvemonth pursuing the decease of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
She was arrested by morality constabulary successful Tehran for allegedly breaking the country's strict formal codification - she collapsed astatine a detention centre and died 3 days aboriginal successful hospital.
Since her death, the Foreign Office says it has imposed more than 40 quality rights sanctions connected political, judicial and information officials successful Iran implicit their relation successful superior quality rights violations.
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