NCRI – In a declaration by the Presidency on January 25, the EU expresses concern over the executions in Iran and barbaric methods used to carry out death sentences.
The declaration denounced death sentences for juvenile offenders which are in total contravention of international norms and standards.
"The EU is also deeply concerned by methods of execution used in Iran which fall below international standards for use of the death penalty and violate Iran’s international human rights commitments (such as stoning). In this regard the EU is concerned that two men have been sentenced to death in Shiraz and face imminent execution by being ‘thrown from a height’ or ‘a cliff’. The EU calls on Iran to halt these executions and make a commitment not to apply such sentences in the future," the declaration stated.
The declaration which was also supported by 14 Candidate Countries to join the 27-nation European block reiterated, "The EU condemns the increasing recourse to death sentences and executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran," and "urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to abolish the death penalty in line with the resolution endorsed on 18 December 2007 by the United Nations General Assembly, on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty."
In a statement on January 20, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, strongly condemned escalation of barbaric violations of human rights in Iran, particularly the use of most inhuman methods of punishments and executions. In her statement she called on international and competent bodies not to keep silence over the unprecedented level of rights abuses by the mullahs’ regime, and called it a crucial test for these bodies in circumstances where human rights and peace should be safeguarded.
