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Iran has managed to show absolute disregard for the rights of children by effectively executing juveniles Iran Continues to Execute Children 24 OCTOBER 2019   EMPTY By Pooya Stone Javaid Rehman says 7 minors were put to death last year and 2 so far this year; killings come despite human rights law prohibiting the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18 Iran executed seven child offenders last year and two so far this year even though human rights law prohibits the death penalty for anyone under age 18, a UN independent human rights expert said Wednesday. Javaid Rehman also told the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee that he has “credible information” there are at least 90 child offenders currently on death row in Iran. Iran Freedom-En @4freedominiran2 UN Should Investigate 1988 Iran Mass Executions Thousands of political prisoners, mostly members of the # PMOI or # MEK , were missed or killed in the 1988 massacre @ UN @ Ja...

Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 October 10, 2019 Annual report on the death penalty in Iran, October 2019 Iran top per capita executioner Hundreds of people in Iran are sentenced to death annually. October 10, the World Day against the Death Penalty, reminds us of the thousands of death row prisoners lingering in jails in Iran. Iranian regime officials have never heeded to the International community’s calls to abolish the death penalty. Iran’s deliberate use of capital punishment has been a constant source of international outrage and condemnation. According to several independent international bodies, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran and Amnesty International, Iran is the leading state in executions per capita, second only to China in terms of figures. Iran also tops the charts in the number of executions of minors and juvenile offenders. From October 2018 to October 2019, Iran Human Rights Monitor has recorded ...

Iran’s Regime Ranks First for Executions per Capita Written by  Hamideh Taati  on  09 October 2019 . Iran’s regime holds the infamous record of the world’s top executioner per capita. It also ranks first for the most number of juvenile executions in the world. Women are also victims of the death penalty in Iran, with at least nine women having been executed since mi-June alone. Since Hassan Rouhani took office as President, Iran’s regime has executed at least 3,800 people. In fact, as early as 1980, Rouhani, as a lawmaker, had called for dissidents to be made an example of by being hanged in public. “ Conspirators should be hanged in Friday prayers for people to see them and to have more of an impact ,” Rouhani  told  a Parliament session on July 13, 1980. Executions have continued unabated in Iran all throughout 2019.  Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran-HRM)  reports that at least 199 people have been executed in Iran thus far this year. ...

World Day Against the Death Penalty: Hold Iran to account for the 1988 massacre World Day Against the Death Penalty-Stop executions in Iran Analysis by PMOI/MEK October 9, 2019 —Since 2003, October 10 has become known as the  World Day Against the Death Penalty . The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty considered this initiative as a global effort to abolish the death sentence across the world. IRAN HRM @IranHrm World day against the # Deathpenalty Join Twitter storm to call 4 end to executions in # Iran Date: Oct 10, 2019 Time: 8 pm CET / 2pm EST # HumanRights # noDeathPenalty # NoImpunity4Mullahs 41 2:58 PM - Oct 9, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 39 people are talking about this This year’s anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty Many governments and prominent NGOs support this day. As a tradition, on each anniversary of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, human righ...