BY: Donya Jam
So far during President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure (between August 2013 and September 2017), reports indicate 3,111 inmates have been executed in Iran. This figure could be higher as the country is known for carrying out executions in secret. Among those executed include 81 women and 24 people arrested under the age of 18. The most recent case of Iran carrying out a juvenile execution was in August 2017;Alireza Tajiki, 15-years-old at the time of his arrest,
was hanged in the city of Shiraz. Tajiki’s execution was strongly condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International.
Iranian political analyst Shahriar Kia, whose articles can be reached on various credible international media and works closely with the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said human rights have “deeply deteriorated” under Rouhani’s rule.
Iranian political analyst Shahriar Kia, whose articles can be reached on various credible international media and works closely with the Iranian opposition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said human rights have “deeply deteriorated” under Rouhani’s rule.
Simultaneous with an increase in executions, “Many human rights activists, reporters, college students, and workers have been arrested by security forces, parallel to prisoners being placed under torture,” Kia explained.
As seen especially in recent months, brutal forms of punishment such as hand amputations, denial of medical treatment, flogging and beatings continue.
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