Because of protest participation
Mullah regime sentences woman to death
In Iran, a woman is among 17 people reportedly sentenced to death for taking part in protests, according to the UN Human Rights Office.
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For months there have been nationwide protests against the government in Iran.
Two young men were executed in Iran on Saturday for taking part in anti-system demonstrations. According to the UN Human Rights Office, a woman is now to be executed.
She is one of 17 people sentenced to death for taking part in protests.
Confessions extracted through torture
Two executions are imminent, Mohammad Al Nsour, head of the Middle East and North Africa region office, said in Geneva on Tuesday. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, appealed to the government in Tehran to suspend enforcement.
So far, four participants in demonstrations have been executed. Most recently, on January 7, two young men were accused of killing a security officer.
According to Türk, the allegations against the accused are always vague and the minimum guarantees for fair trials are not observed. According to the Bureau, alleged confessions are extracted through torture. The executions would be “state-sanctioned killings,” said Türk.
The authorities used the procedures to punish people who exercised their fundamental rights. They wanted to spread fear and terror in order to suppress dissenting opinions. “This violates international human rights standards,” says Türk. Austria’s high commissioner has offered to travel to Tehran to speak with authorities, his office said.
First of all, there will be a meeting in Geneva shortly. Such encounters were part of the High Commissioner’s routine work. Exactly who is taking part is never communicated for reasons of confidentiality. The trigger for the nationwide protests against the government’s repressive course and the Islamic system of rule was the death of the Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini in September. She died in police custody after being arrested for breaking Islamic dress codes. (SDA)