Iran: Horrible crime of blinding both eyes of a prisoner; 21 executions during the first 8 days of November
In a brutal and horrific crime, the mullahs' henchmen blinded both eyes of a prisoner on November 8. Mohammad Shahriari, the criminal head of Tehran Court, said in this regard, "The dossier had been sent to Tehran Criminal Court in the form of proxy; on the current day and with the presence of the head of Tehran Criminal Court and related experts, Qesas (retaliation) was conducted on both eyes." (FARS news agency affiliated to IRGC-November 8). Currently, at least seven other prisoners held in Iran prisons are awaiting the brutal punishment of blinding their eyes.
On November 8 two Kurds in the prison of Qorveh, and on November 7 three prisoners in Mahabad and Qazvin were sent to the gallows. Accordingly, the number of executions just since the beginning of November reached 21.
The implementation of these savage rulings, which are only a tiny fraction of the catastrophic dimensions of human rights violation in Iran, shows very clearly that the crisis-stricken Velayat-e Faqih regime shall never relinquish killing, execution and brutal rulings of hand amputation and blinding eyes on its own will.
Silence and inaction in the face of these horrible crimes that have hurt the conscience of the contemporary humanity is violation of human rights principles. The dossier of human rights violation in Iran should be referred to the UN Security Council. Engagement and appeasement of this regime is only an incentive to barbarism in the twenty-first century. Continuation and expansion of relations with this regime must be postponed to a moratorium on executions and cruel punishments.
Silence and inaction in the face of these horrible crimes that have hurt the conscience of the contemporary humanity is violation of human rights principles. The dossier of human rights violation in Iran should be referred to the UN Security Council. Engagement and appeasement of this regime is only an incentive to barbarism in the twenty-first century. Continuation and expansion of relations with this regime must be postponed to a moratorium on executions and cruel punishments.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
November 8, 2016
November 8, 2016
