(Beirut) – Iranian authorities have recently escalated executions at an alarming rate, including those of Farhad Salimi and Mohammed Ghobadlou on January 23, with at least 11 people at imminent risk, many of them from minority communities, Human Rights Watch said today. At least 11 prisoners face the death penalty on political or security-related charges that under international law should never result in the death penalty, a grave violation of the right to life. Prisoners at imminent risk were
Iranian authorities have recently escalated executions at an alarming rate, including Farhad Salimi and Mohammed Ghobadlou on January 23, and at least 11 people at imminent risk, many of them from minority communities, Human Rights Watch said today.