Numerous European countries summon Iranian ambassadors for consultations

As the demonstrations in Iran, which began on December 28 and quicklyturned into anti-governmentprotests and violent incidents,continue,a number ofcountries, includingFrance, Spain, the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, and Bel-giumincluding a largenumber of European countries, to condemn the violence against protesters, have summoned the Iranianambassadors for consultationsfor consultations.

Speaking to the European press, an EU official announced that Iran's ambassador in Brussels had been summoned due to the harsh crackdown onprotesters in the country. EU Commission PresidentUrsula von der Leyen announced todayIn a statement made in the early hours of the day,it was stated thatthenumber of those reported killed and injured in Iran's harshcrackdown is"alarming"and that for this reason,a call was made to Iran.stated that they aremoving quickly toprepareadditionalsanctions.The statement added,

"Regarding the violenceagainst protesters" violence, intolerable and inhumane"

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, in Iran, described the actions as "peaceful protesters being met with state-sanctioned violence without question" to protest against these practices in order to Iran's Paris aannounced that it had summoned itsambassador.Ina statement made at the National Assembly,Barrotstated, "France is committed to peacefulsolutionsand globalindiscriminately upon the protestersthis state, which collapseswithout observing any distinction, condemns the violence and oppression," he said.

The violencedirected at protesters is "intolerable and humanstating that it was "inhumane," Barrotsaid, "Those whopointweaponsat peaceful protesters must not go unpunished."

"Iran must showrespect for fundamental rights."

The Dutch FForeign Minister David van Weel stated that he was deeply saddened by thebloodyinterventionagainstpeacefulprotesters,addingthat stated that theambassador was summonedto formally protest Iran'sresponse to theprotests. Van Weelstated that the excessiveuse of force againstprotestersrights, according to estimates by human rights organizations, the numberof arbitrary detentions, which exceeds 10,600 people,andpointed to widespread internet outages. Stating that those responsible for the violations must be held accountable, Van Weel said, "Iran must show respectfor fundamental rights and must immediately restore accessto the internet."

Van Weel noted that the Netherlands is coordinating its response with its European partnersdemonstrated in unisonand stated that it supports EU sanctions againstIranian officials accused of human rights violations. "The brutal actions of the Iranian regime against its own people are shocking."

The German Foreign Ministry, in a statement

published via social media,stated thatina statement, it was announced that the Iranian ambassador was summoned to the ministry. The statement announced that the ambassador was summoned. In the statement, the phrase "the brutal actions displayed by the Iranian regime against its own people are shocking" was used. In the stThe statement called on Iran to stop the violence against its own citizens and to show respect for human rights. "UK is horrified and disgusted"

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, in a statement made in the House of Commons,expressed that the UK is horrified and disgusted by the situation.

The UK government continues to monitor the developments closely.Thestatement said, "The UK is horrified and disgusted by the killing, violence, and repression of people."

Cooper stated that she is concerned that the death toll could be much higher than what has been reportedso far. Cooper alsosaid. Cooper, in additionIt also announced that additional sanctions targeting finance, energy, transport, software, and other sectorswould be imposed against Iran.The British press reported that the meeting held at the Foreign Office between Cooper and the Iranian Ambassador to London

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"Paying the price with blood is unacceptable"

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani summoned the IranianAmbassador to Rometo the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. summoned. In a statement on the matter, Tajani said, "It is unacceptable that those protesting against the Ayatollah regime are paying the price with blood for their actions."

Tajani added, "The women and men of Iran are on the streetsby struggling, with blood,with suffering, by being imprisoned, and likely by going through torture,they are paying a veryheavy price. None of theseare acceptable,they stated..

"We are watching withgreat concern"

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares stated that they summonedthe Iranianambassador to Madrid to inform them that they reject Iran's crackdownannounced that it hadsummoned itsambassador. In a statement made to a radio station, Albares said,"The situation in IranWe want to expressthat we stronglyreject and condemn what has been happening for days," they said.

We call on Iran to respecttheright to peaceful protest and freedom of expression.calling for respect for human rights, Albares urged that "developments are being followed very closely and withwe are monitoring the situation" he stated.

Belgian Foreign Minister Prevot called on Iran to respond to the people's peaceful demands. Heurged.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot, to convey Belgium'sconcerns regarding the situation in Iran to the Iranian ambassador for consulconsultations theyhad summoned. In apress statement regarding the matter, Prevot announced, "Today, we I summoned the Iranian Ambassador to Belgium to express our concerns. I urged the Iranian authorities to fulfill their international obligations and to refrain from any form of disproportionate use of force.We continue to monitor the situation closely.The international community remains deeply concerned by the ongoing events.We call for an immediate end to the violence.condemnation and for the Iranian people's peacefuldemands to be met," he said.

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