NCRI – Following the execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, British Foreign Office Minister, Tobias Ellwood, on Saturday called on Iran to end the use of the death penalty.
Tobias Ellwood, the British Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East, said in as statement: “The UK strongly opposes the use of the death penalty. I am very concerned and saddened that it has been used in the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari where there have been questions around due process.”
“The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, noted that her conviction was allegedly based on confessions made while under threat, and the court failed to take into account all evidence into its judgment. Actions like these do not help Iran build confidence or trust with the international community. I urge Iran to put a moratorium on all executions”.
Morteza Abdulali Sarbandi, an agent of the Iranian regime’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) was killed as he intended to assault Reyhaneh Jabbari.
A UN human rights monitor said the killing came in self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse Jabbari, and that the condemned woman’s trial in 2009 had been deeply flawed.
ll evidence indicate that the criminal execution of Ms. Rayhaneh Jabbari after seven and a half years incarceration and torture that took place despite widespread protests and international calls had political reasons and motives and that this execution was unlawful even in the framework of mullahs’ medieval laws.
