TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran accused the Netherlands on Tuesday of backing 'terrorists' amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries over the execution and hushed burial of a Dutch-Iranian woman in Iran.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast accused the Netherlands of making "a human rights issue out of an indefensible drug case and applying political pressure" on Iran.
"We ca [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Saturday hanged Iranian-Dutch woman Zahra Bahrami for selling and possessing drugs, dismissing repeated pleas by The Netherlands which had sought details about her case.
Bahrami's execution is the latest in a slew of hangings carried out by the Islamic republic in January. Her execution takes the total number of people hanged in Iran so far this year to 66, accordin [...]
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of terrorism will appear before a judge on Thursday, a Dutch prosecution spokesman said.
"They will appear before an examining judge on Thursday," prosecution spokesman Ernst Koelman told AFP on Wednesday. The men were arrested early Monday after a flight from Chicago. US security had found a mobile phone taped to a bottle in thei [...]
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