31/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - Increase in number of executions - Catherine Ashton is “deeply concerned”. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton “remains deeply concerned by the alarming increase in the number of reported executions in Iran”, her spokesman said on Wednesday 30 May. “The EU calls upon Iran to commute all such death sentences”, he added, stating that thousands of individuals are at the risk of execution, even for acts which are not considered as...