Iran urged to stop protest-related executions

The appeal by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran follows the 19 July execution of two other men in the same case – Erfan Esfandiari, reportedly 18-years-old, and Gol Mohammad Mohammadi, a 23-year-old Afghan national – which it strongly condemned.  The development is unfolding against a backdrop of longstanding UN concern over the surge in the use of the death penalty in Iran and ongoing […]

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