Brussels, 05/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution common to the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, Greens and GUE/NGL groups adopted on Thursday 4 September, the European Parliament condemns the rise in the number of executions by hanging in Iran and urges Teheran to establish a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing capital punishment, in line with the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2007. Denouncing the execution of minors in Iran, the EP calls on the...