Qashqavi: Death Sentence for Saudi Officers

Qashqavi: Death Sentence for Saudi Officers
Tue Jun 2, 2015 13:57:28

A senior Iranian official says a Saudi criminal court has sought the death penalty for the two Saudi officers behind the sexual abuse of two teenage Iranian pilgrims at the Jeddah airport.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates Affairs Hassan Qashqavi made the remarks in an exclusive interview with IRIB on Monday.

He added, "The two criminal police officers were tried at the seventh branch of Jeddah’s Criminal Court this morning.”

According to Qashqavi, the indictment by Jeddah’s attorney general was read out during the trial session, which was held in the presence of Naser Hamidi Zare, the Iranian consul general in Jeddah.

He stated the two police officers "have been charged with malversation, breach of duty and committing a heinous criminal act,”.

Qashqavi said that "Jeddah’s attorney general, with reference to religion and law, called for the death penalty" for the two Saudi officers.

Citing suspicion, Saudi officers reportedly took two Iranian teenagers, aged 14 and 15, away, while performing body search on passengers at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah in April. The teenagers were subjected to indecent acts by the Saudi officers, who had sounded off the alarm at the gate.

Following the incident, Iran summoned the Saudi chargé d’affaires and submitted a note of complaint to the Saudi government.

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