Mullahs’ Head of Judiciary: Who is Secretary-General to
say stop the executions; these words are cheap, baseless and lack reasoning.
Executions for corruption on earth is an internal matter
At dawn Thursday, September 18, seventeen prisoners were hanged in
Kerman, Shiraz, Marvdasht and Bandar Abbas. Five of the victims (four in Shiraz
and one in Marvdasht) were hanged in public. Eight prisoners in the Shahab
Prison of Kerman were hanged collectively. Four prisoners were executed
in Bandar Abbas prison.
On September 10, seven prisoners, mostly young men 21 to 24 years
old, were executed in the cities of Karaj (public hanging) and Hamedan.
On September 1, fifteen prisoners were hanged in prisons of Hamedan
and Zahedan and the Ghezel Hessar Prison of Karaj. Ten of those hanged were
protesting prisoners in Ghezel Hessar Prison.
On August 26 and 28, thirteen prisoners were hanged in Bandar Abbas
central prison in two groups of eight and five.
Mullah Larijani, the head henchman of regime’s Judiciary, who was speaking
in reaction to the UN Secretary-General’s annual report that had referred to
some aspects of the catastrophic situation of human rights in the clerical
regime, said: “Who is this Mr. Secretary-General to say you should stop the
executions? Who are they to say so? The death sentence for corruption on earth
is an internal matter… many of the things that are said in an official report
of an important international organization; these words are cheap, baseless and
they lack reasoning… You are not allowed to say, even on human rights grounds,
why we are faithful!”
The inaction by the international community, especially the Western
countries, regarding the clerical regime’s crimes, including over 1000
executions since Mullah Rouhani assumed power, has emboldened the clerical
regime to continue and ramp up torture, execution and suppression.
Iran’s human rights dossier should be referred to the United Nations Security
Council. This is not just an essential step to stop the cycle of crime and
execution, but is necessary for adherence to the values that the United Nations
has been established to defend.
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