{"id":25871,"date":"2021-09-08T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=25871"},"modified":"2021-09-08T08:33:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T06:33:37","slug":"human-rights-situation-in-iran-is-a-serious-concern-says-un-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/1988-massacre\/2021\/09\/human-rights-situation-in-iran-is-a-serious-concern-says-un-secretary-general\/25871\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Situation in Iran Is a Serious Concern Says UN Secretary General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>) reported on September 4<\/a> that in a new report <\/a>by Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General, issued at the 76th<\/sup> session of the UN General Assembly, it states that the human rights situation in Iran remains a serious concern under international human rights law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In his report, Guterres pointed out that the \u2018impediments to the rule of law and weak justice and accountability mechanisms\u2019 have effectively given the officials in the Iranian regime impunity from their human rights abuses and persistent executions of dissidents, ethnic minorities and defenders of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MEK said, \u201cAmong the executed are members of the Baluch, Kurdish, and Arab minorities, with many more prisoners have been sentenced to death on charges of moharebeh (enmity against God) and vague security charges that the regime often uses against minorities and dissidents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guterres raised further concern over the regime\u2019s executions of protesters in 2020, including the execution of wrestling champion Navid Afkari<\/a> and Mostafa Salehi<\/a> who were both arrested for taking part in protests against the regime, as well as the alarming number of executions of juvenile offenders. In his report Guterres said, \u201c[The] application of the death penalty on child offenders constitutes a serious breach of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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