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Iran under Hassan Rouhani who has attempted to cast himself as moderate is \u201ca serial human rights offender,\u201d the head of policy and government affairs at Amnesty International has declared.<\/p>\nIran under Hassan Rouhani who has attempted to cast himself as moderate is \u201ca serial human rights offender,\u201d the head of policy and government affairs at Amnesty International has declared.<\/p>\n
Allan Hogarth whose remarks were published in the Telegraph today said: \u201dPresident Rouhani has attempted to cast himself as a mild-mannered reformist figure, but the brutal reality is that Iran is hanging an average of two prisoners a day, the vast majority after unfair trials.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201dThe grotesque spectacle of bound, blindfold figures being hauled into the air by cranes in public hangings is a common sight in Rouhani\u2019s Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many of these executions were carried out after trials lasting \u201conly minutes,\u201d added Mr Hogarth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran is a serial human rights offender and Britain needs to confront this fact in any dealings with the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Telegraph wrote: \u201cDuring the last decade, the present regime has typically hanged between 500 and 600 Iranians every year. In 1988, the authorities eased the congestion in Iran\u2019s overcrowded jails by executing thousands of political prisoners.<\/p>\n
\u201cMostafa Pour-Mohammadi, then acting information minister, was accused of being a member of the official committee which supervised these killings, leading Human Rights Watch to call him a \u201cminister of murder\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mr Rouhani took office, he immediately promoted Mr Pour-Mohammadi to be Iran\u2019s new justice minister.\u201d<\/p>\n