US EditionIran has executed at least 21 people since start of war: UN human rights chief
The UN rights office said many detainees faced torture, coerced confessions and unfair trials as authorities used broad national security charges.
- On Wednesday, the United Nations reported that Iran has executed at least 21 people and detained more than 4,000 individuals since the war began in late February.
- US-Israeli strikes sparked the conflict in late February, prompting authorities to target protesters and opposition members with coercive tactics, forced confessions, and reports of deaths in custody.
- Authorities imposed a nationwide internet blackout lasting 61 days, while UN rights chief Volker Turk denounced 'dire' conditions in Iranian prisons where detainees suffer from acute shortages of food and medical care.
- Turk said he was "appalled" by the scale of repression, calling for an immediate moratorium on capital punishment and the release of those arbitrarily detained.
- The OHCHR warned that many people, including children, remain at risk under Iran's "broad and vague definition of national security crimes," which silences independent voices and inflicts enormous social harm.
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More than 20 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of the war, and 4,000 have been arrested. UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk is "disgusted."
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Iran has executed at least 21 people since start of war: UN human rights chief
The Iranian government has executed at least 21 people since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes against the country, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Wednesday. In a press release, Türk’s office said that since the conflict began on Feb. 28, the Islamic Republic regime has executed at least nine people…
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NDTVUN says Iran has executed 21, arrested over 4,000 since war started
April 29 (Reuters) - Iran has executed at least 21 people since the start of the war with the United States and Israel two months ago and has arrested more than 4,000 on national security-related charges, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday.Turk said at least nine people have been executed in connection with protests in January, 10 for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges.
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