Italy urges Iran to stop executions, open dialogue with anti-hijab protesters

Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani summoned the Iranian ambassador.

Iran must stop executing and persecuting protesters and should open a dialogue with them, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday after summoning the Iranian ambassador.

Iran Anti-Hijab Protests: Iranians rally in the western city of Kermanshah. (AFP)

Tajani said death sentences against people who take part in demonstrations or women who refuse to wear headscarves were a massively disproportionate and unacceptable form of punishment.