The UN human rights office is expressing concerns about reports that Iran has executed 29 people over two days this week, with the rights chief decrying 바카라an alarmingly high number" of executions in such a short period of time.
The office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday it has verified 38 people were executed in July, bringing the total number of executions to at least 345 this year 바카라 mostly for drug offenses or murder 바카라 including 15 women.
바카라Imposing the death penalty for offenses not involving intentional killing is incompatible with international human rights norms and standards,바카라 rights office spokeswoman Liz Throssell told a U.N. briefing Friday.
바카라U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker TĂŒrk is extremely concerned about reports that, in the space of two days this week, Iranian authorities reportedly executed at least 29 people across the country,바카라 she said. 바카라This represents an alarmingly high number of executions in such a short period of time.바카라
Throssell said minorities including Kurds, Arabs and Baloch were disproportionately affected by the executions. Some prisoners were executed without their families or lawyers being told.
The United Nations has had longstanding concerns about executions in Iran, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a report in November decrying the 바카라alarming rate바카라 of them in the Islamic Republic. (AP)
