This question from the German Chancellor to the regime in Tehran was as unusual as it was necessary: "What kind of government are you that shoots at its own citizens?" It is difficult to use the term "government" for those in power who fire in crowds and let young women in particular be tortured and murdered.
Another chapter is added to the horror record with the announced execution of those arrested in the course of the protests.
International law does not prohibit them
This is another reason why it is important that the death penalty be discussed again.
It poses a global challenge to the civilized world and the rule of law. The death penalty is not only a tool of tyrants, but also of ancient democracies like the United States and of more recent, established ones like Japan.
It is misleading to only speak of parts of the USA here, as Secretary of State Baerbock did: Externally, it is a state in which executions are permitted.
International law does not prohibit them either.
After all, the trend is going in the right direction, namely that of humanity.
We should have broken the illusion that life can be taken in a humanitarian procedure.
The death penalty, however (terribly) carried out, does not lead to anything good.