Envoy of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Iran, Christian Salazar Walkman, in a meeting with Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani addressed UNICEF’s concerns about child execution, spread of aids and violation of children and women rights. He referred to recent parliamentary bill as a turning point towards the abolition of execution of children 18 in Iran. Salazar, a German citizen, has lived in Iran since January 2006.
Hashemi Rafsanjani is one of the most influential figures of the Islamic regime in Iran . He served as President of Iran from 1989 to 1997 and currently serves as the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran which is the body that resolves differences or conflicts between the parliament and the Council of Guardians. Rafsanjani also serves as a consultant to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
SCE Campaign welcomes the recent efforts by United Nations and UNICEF, addressing the Iranian leaders with the international concerns about child executions in Iran.
يونيسف نگران ايدز حقوق زنان و کودکان در ايران
ايسنا؛ نماينده صندوق کودکان سازمان ملل متحد (يونيسف) در ديدار با هاشمى رفسنجاني، گفت؛ چالش هاى زيادى در زمينه ايدز، دادرسى اطفال و نوجوانان و حقوق زنان و کودکان در ايران ديده مى شود که باعث نگرانى ما است.کريستين سالازار با اشاره به موضوع اعدام افراد زير 18 سال، از لايحه جديد رسيدگى به جرايم اطفال و نوجوانان که در مجلس در دست بررسى است استقبال کرد و اين لايحه را نقطه عطفى در راستاى لغو مجازات اعدام زير 18 سال در ايران دانست.