The European Parliament expressed alarm at the deterioration...

The European Parliament expressed alarm at the deterioration in the area of human rights in Iran, in particular those relating to press freedom and the death penalty.
"The situation in Iran with regard to the exercise of key civil rights and political freedom has deteriorated since the parliamentary elections of February this year despite commitments on the part of the government of Iran to promoting these universal values," according to a motion passed by the parliament.
The parliamentarians said they were "appalled at the public hanging" of a 16-year-old boy. They noted that 25 minors had been sentenced to death in the past year.
They said they were also deeply worried by the sentence of death by stoning passed on a 13-year old girl, Zhila Izadi, pregnant by her 15-year-old brother, himself sentenced to 150 lashes.