Fox News: Iran slammed for record surge in executions of regime opponents: 'true face is on display'

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Iran slammed for record surge in executions of regime opponents: 'true face is on display'

The Iranian government has allegedly increased its use of executions as a means of intimidation to deter protests after authorities failed to prevent the Mahsa Amini protests from growing....                        ...                        ...                            ...A new You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login report determined that executions surged in Iran during the month of August, leading experts to urge the country's government to stop the unlawful spree. ......"We are deeply concerned by this sharp rise in executions," U.N. experts, including special rapporteurs on human rights, said in a press release from the Office of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......"According to information received, of the 93 executions in August, only a fraction is officially reported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, highlighting the urgent need for transparency," the experts added. ......The U.N. reported that nearly half of all executions carried out last month occurred in response to alleged drug offenses, which the experts stressed went against "international standards." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Countries that retain the death penalty must ensure that individuals are not subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment throughout the criminal justice process," the experts said. ......"Wrongful executions are irreversible. The current implementation of the death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran leaves us extremely concerned that innocent individuals may have been executed," the experts added. "We renew our appeal to Iranian authorities to halt executions of all individuals sentenced to death," ......Drug offenses have become a leading rationale for the Iranian government to carry out executions, which have hit an eight-year high, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which counts Iran among its members, limits the death penalty to only the "most serious crimes," which does not include drug offenses. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The non-profit alleges in a report released earlier this year that Iran's executions started to increase following the 2022 unrest that resulted from the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, who died under suspicious circumstances after a clash with Iran's morality police due to allegedly not correctly wearing her hijab headscarf. ......In the report, Amnesty International characterizes Iran's use of executions not as a tool of punishment but of intimidation, seeking to "instill fear among the population and tighten their grip on power." ......Iran this year has executed over 400 people, including over a dozen women – putting the country on track to match the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, most of which punished political dissidents. ......"Never-mind the change at the top: Musical chairs between Iranian presidents has had zero bearing on the plight of the Iranian people to include rights violations and executions at home," Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Tehran's true face is on display here," Taleblu argued. "A rise in executions including for alleged drug-related offenses is a feature, not a bug, of the vision the Islamic Republic has for order at home."......"Show trials, forced confessions, and violations of due process feature all too prominently in these death sentence cases," he added. ......The U.N. highlighted the case of Reza Rasaei, an Iranina-Kurdish protester whom authorities punished based on a "confession reportedly You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login." ......The government alleged that Rasaei was involved in the death of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member, and it pursued execution even after co-defendants retracted their testimonies about his involvement and a forensic medical examiner challenging Rasaei's involvement. ......The special rapporteurs serve as part of the Special Procedures group on the Human Rights Council, pursuing fact-finding missions and monitoring "mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world." ...

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