Four Iranian protesters have been executed in connection with the wave of popular protests.
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis talks to diplomats during the traditional exchange of the New Year greetings in the Regal Room at the Vatican January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Medichini/Pool
His eight-page speech in Italian, read to representatives of most of the 183 countries accredited to the Vatican, ran the gamut of all the world's conflict areas, including those in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. "The right to life is also threatened in those places where the death penalty continues to be imposed, as is the case in these days in Iran, following the recent demonstrations demanding greater respect for the dignity of women," he said.
He then repeated an appeal for an end to capital punishment worldwide, saying it is"always inadmissible since it attacks the inviolability and the dignity of the person". Francis spoke of the"war in Ukraine, with its wake of death and destruction, with its attacks on civil infrastructures that cause lives to be lost not only from gunfire and acts of violence, but also from hunger and freezing cold".
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