German government condemns the increasing number of executions in Iran. The office of the German ‘human rights oversight’ issued an official report strongly condemning the violation of human rights in Iran and saying ‘since the Rouhani presidency in Iran more than 200 people have been executed.’
Based on Markus Loening, the head of the oversight department, despite Rouhani’s pledges, the human rights violations in Iran continue unabated. ‘The number of executions in Iran has reached 400 just this year alone. Public hangings are common practice in that country’, he voiced.
The office of the German ‘human rights oversight’ continuing concern over the death of young people who commit crimes while they were still minors expressed that his government opposes the death penalty in all circumstances.
He urged Iran’s leaders to halt the execution of offenders who were sentenced to death penalty, also joining the countries that are opposed to this inhuman punishment.
Needed to be mentioned last week the Amnesty International had highlighted “human rights in Iran have remained a low priority despite earlier promises made during the presidential campaign; furthermore Iran’s prisons remain full of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, many of whom suffer from lack of adequate medical care”.
Since Iranian Revolution 1979, Kurdistan is considered one the security zones in Iran where capital punishment is excessive due to political and economic factors.
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) / Persian
Translated: Rojhelat.info