29/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration published on 29 July, the European Union “condemns in the strongest terms the 29 simultaneous executions which took place in Evin prison, Iran, on Sunday 27 July 2008”. The French presidency considers that, “the Iranian regime's action of staging these executions and making them the focus of media attention is an affront to human dignity” and states that, “the dissuasive effect of this penalty has never been proved”. The EU is...