Three more people have been sentenced to death for involvement in the protests in Iran.

This was announced by Iranian authorities on Monday.

The death row inmates are accused of killing three members of the country's security forces in connection with the widespread protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Masha Amini in the custody of the morality police in September.

The recent death sentences against people who participated in the protests have sparked a wave of massive criticism in several countries.

Denmark's new government has assumed a moral leadership role with strong diplomatic criticism directed at the regime in Tehran.

Wants to see power against Teheran

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M) has summoned Iran's envoy in Copenhagen, and says that executions arouse the wrath of the Danish government.

- We condemn in the strongest possible terms the executions of two young Iranian protesters.

It is completely unacceptable, and we have informed the Iranian government of this, says the foreign minister after meeting with ambassador Afsaneh Nadipour.

Copenhagen also wants the EU to come together to show strength against Tehran, something that Løkke Rasmussen will propose at meetings in Paris and Brussels on Friday, reports Ritzau.

France and Great Britain have also summoned Iranian ambassadors to the countries' foreign ministries to condemn the executions.

The Foreign Ministry condemns the executions

Sweden summoned the Iranian ambassador in Stockholm in the intervening days after the first publicly known executions.

Then presented "Sweden's and the EU's clear condemnations of death sentences and executions linked to the protests" according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Sweden and the EU also condemn the two additional executions that have since been carried out," writes the Foreign Ministry in an email to TT.

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After the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, strong protests have taken place in Iran.

Photo: Stefani Reynolds/TT