40 countries proposed UN resolution to condemn Iran's torture & death penalty.

According to the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti : Forty countries have signed a draft resolution that condemns torture and public executions in Iran. The proposed resolution states: “It’s alarming that torture and inhumane punishments including severing of the limbs, public executions and stoning is continuing to take place in this country.”  

The document also addresses Iran’s defiance of the signed International Covenants that forbid them to execute anyone who has allegedly committed an offence before the age of 18.  “ We hereby declare that any attempt to severe a person’s body parts, whipping and other means of torture and violent acts, cruel, demeaning and inhumane punishments, public executions, and any other type of capital punishments which are not in accordance with the international laws and conventions, such as death by stoning, are to be abolished truly and legally. ” The document states.

Resolution also mentions women, minorities and tribal rights violations, and constant pressuring and censoring of the media.


During UN General Assembly meeting in September, Iran’s president, Mahmoud AhmadiNejad denied all the accusations and charges of violating Iranian citizens’ human rights and stressed that only punishments for crimes that do not confirm with the moral codes, such as drug trafficking are being enforced.

source: peykeiran.com                                  translation: Mojgan (SCE)