ESYOneiCMMAPANET —PARLANENTO OREO. EYROPSRTPARLAMENT.— LROPAARLAME rT EUROPAISCHES ARLAMENT — EUROOPAPARLAMENT —EYPCIAKO ROWNOROYNO EUROPEAN PARLIMERT PaRLMENTEDTOPEKASIAINE NABEGEO Duan EUROPED.EROMNS 88 ENTS cononos avancinis ruRopa Pause eohLANeNT OPH ERORES PML = PARLAMENT EVROPEISKIPARLAMENTO EUROPEU PARLAMENTUL EUROPEAN [EUROPSKY PARLANENT —EVROPSKIPARLAMENT —EUROOPAN PARLAMENTTI EUROPAPARLAMENTET Cabinet 0} Chief Diplor ILE. Mr Ali Asghar Khaji Ambassador Islamic Republic of Iran Brussels, 30 November 2010 Your Excellency, 1am writing to you on behalf of President Jerzy Buzek and several Members of the European, Parliament concerning the case of Khadijeh Jahed. The President and Members are gravely concerned about the news of Ms Jahed's possible imminent execution. While our Members acknowledge the responsibility to bring to justice those suspected of criminal offences, Ms Jahed’s execution should be halted immediately and her case must be properly reconsidered. According to the information provided to us, she withdrew her confession of murder in court and she may have been coerced into making a “confession” uring her earlier interrogation, L would like to reiterate that in line with the European Parliament's numerous resolutions, the EU remains unconditionally opposed to the death penalty, which is regarded as the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and a violation of the right to life. Counting on your good offices and in the spirit of our open dialogue, 1 would like you to immediately convey these concerns to the relevant judicial authorities as well as provide us with further information and clarifications on this case. Yours sincerely, va At Alexandre Stutzmann B-1047 Brussels - Tel, +32 2 284 34 39 - Fax. +32.2.283 16 46 F-67070 Slrasbourg - Tel. +33 3 88 17 47 89- Fax #33 3 88 17 4961 E-mail alexandre elutzmann@europar.europa.eu