EU's foreign policy chief demands Iran halt executions of woman, pastor
cnn / CNN Wire Staff
06-Jan-2012

(CNN) -- The Europe Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton demanded Friday that Iran halt the pending executions of a woman sentenced to die by stoning and a Christian pastor convicted of apostasy.

Ashton also called on Iran to impose an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, saying the country leads the world in the number of executions per inhabitant.

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