Demonstrators hold signs as they gather during a rally in Washington, DC on May 16 to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran.

A group of 75 French lawmakers have taken the unusual step of formally sponsoring individual death-row political prisoners in Iran as the country's authorities continue to ramp up executions.

The move, taken on June 29 as part of a new National Assembly campaign organized by the Iran Freedom Congress (IFC), marked the IFC's first international human rights campaign since the group's founding earlier this year.

Under the sponsorship mechanism, each participating MP publicly attaches their name to an individual prisoner sentenced to death or facing imminent execution to give each case a parliamentary backer and a diplomatic pressure point.

Negin Shiraghaei, a member of the IFCs Central Council, said the campaign took shape almost immediately after the congress's founding, calling the rise in executions an urgent priority "from literally the first day," despite the body being less than two months old.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari (file photo)

Qatar's Foreign Ministry said no high-level meeting between US and Iranian officials is scheduled in Doha in the coming days, despite the upcoming visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

"To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct meetings scheduled between the two parties in the coming days," Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari told reporters on June 30.

He said the American delegation would meet with Qatari mediators, adding: "To my knowledge there is no high-level meeting between the two sides."

The comments came after the White House announced that Witkoff and Kushner would travel to Qatar for high-level meetings and after US President Donald Trump said Iran had "requested a meeting" that would take place in Doha on June 30.