Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 10th August. UN human rights office on Friday voiced deep concern over reports that Iranian authorities executed at least 29 people across the country in past 2 days this week.
According to OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell the office verified that 38 people were executed in July, bring the reported number of executions to at least 345 this year, 15 women.
“This represents an alarmingly high number of executions in such a short period of time,” she said.
She added that those executed were primarily convicted of drug related offences or murder.
Ms. Throssell noted that half of the executions since the beginning of 2024 were for drug-related offences.
“Imposing the death penalty for offences not involving intentional killing is incompatible with international human rights norms and standards, as we have repeatedly emphasized,” she said.
Ms. Throssell reiterated concerns over the lack of due process and fair trial standards in many of these cases and that several executions were carried out with neither the prisoner’s family nor legal counsel being informed.
“It is time for Iran to join the growing consensus worldwide towards universal abolition, by imposing a moratorium on executions, with a view to ultimately abolishing the death penalty,” she stressed.
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