NCRI – Yesterday, several hours after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning violations of human rights in Iran, state-run media reported that twelve prisoners were hanged in Tehran, the south-western city of Ahwaz and the southern town of Rafsanjan.
The mullahs’ regime’s henchmen hanged in public three Afghan citizens identified as Gholam Hazrat, Shah Mir and Nour Ahmad, the state-run daily Emrouz reported on December 19.
Six prisoners identified only as Hassangholi, Yadollah, Hossein, Mohammad-Hadi (a.k.a. Homan), Kheirollah and Vahid were hanged in Evin Prison in Tehran, the state-run news agency Fars reported yesterday.
Three prisoners were hanged in Ahwaz, the state-run news agency Sky News reported on December 19.
The Iranian Resistance condemns the hangings and calls on all international human rights organizations to condemn violations of human rights and arbitrary executions by the regime. It calls for the referral of the regime’s human rights dossier to the UN Security Council.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 20, 2006
