PARIS (Reuters) - The EU and 26 countries condemned Iran's executions of protesters in a joint statement, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday.
The countries called on Iran to listen to its people, take meaningful steps toward ensuring respect for human rights, immediately end use of the death penalty and release those arbitrarily detained.
Earlier, acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery had been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
She has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran.
The sentence was handed down under a law enacted after a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025, legislation that Iranian authorities say is intended to combat espionage and cooperation with hostile states.
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When Moaiery arrived at Tehran's Revolutionary Court, she was not given formal case documents, she said.
Instead, a friend accompanying her copied details from a charge sheet by hand.
Rights groups say such procedures reflect a lack of transparency in Iran's judicial system.
According to the handwritten notes reviewed by Reuters, the accusations against her include giving interviews to media outlets deemed hostile by the authorities and providing photographs to organisations linked to the US and Israel.