UN demands immediate halt to death penalty in Iran
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN demanded an immediate halt to the death penalty Thursday after Iran executed a man arrested during nationwide protests.
“We stand firmly against the use of the death penalty,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “We join our colleagues in the Human Rights Office calling for an immediate halt to these executions. The death penalty, as far as we are concerned, can never be reconciled with the right to life.”
Mohsen Shikari was executed in the wee hours of Thursday after he “threatened citizens with a cold weapon and injured a security guard during protests” in the Sattar Khan neighborhood of the nation’s capital of Tehran, according to Iran’s Mizan News Agency.
Shikari was given the death penalty Nov. 20 by a court in the capital for “disturbing the social order and security.”
Iran has been rocked by widespread protests following the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody in September for not wearing her attire properly. A government crackdown has since continued.
Thousands have been detained, according to human rights groups, while more than 200 have died, as acknowledged by Iran’s Interior Ministry last week.
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