{"id":234098,"date":"2021-01-29T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=234098"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:17:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:17:14","slug":"uk-lawmakers-call-for-international-investigation-about-human-rights-violations-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorized\/uk-lawmakers-call-for-international-investigation-about-human-rights-violations-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Lawmakers Call for International Investigation About Human Rights Violations in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF)<\/a> on January 26 strongly condemned the new sentence against Iranian political prisoner Saeid Sangar<\/a>, who has been in prison over the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span>20 years. British lawmakers called for international intervention since Iran\u2019s regime continues to ignore the international condemnations and shrugs off pleas and recommendations to improve the human rights situation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saeid Sangar, 47, was arrested in 2000\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>support<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). While his prison term has finished, the regime\u2019s Judiciary sentenced him to 11 more months in prison.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to reports, Iran\u2019s Judiciary recently sentenced Mr. Sangar to another 11 months in prison in Urmia after he had served the earlier arbitrary conviction of 20 years in prison, without a day of furlough, for supporting the Iranian pro-democracy opposition, the People\u2019s Mojahedin\u00a0Organisation\u00a0of Iran (PMOI\/MEK). Mr. Sangar was interrogated and tortured in solitary confinement in Evin Prison for three years after his arrest in 2000 and reportedly subjected to 13 mock executions during his time in prison,\u201d BCFIF wrote on its statement.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Saeid Sangar\u2019s case is one of the most recent cases of human rights violations in Iran and is part of a systematic human rights violations. In recent weeks, the Iranian regime has increased its oppressive measures.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, despite international pleas, the regime hanged Mehdi Ali Hosseini,<\/a> an Iranian wrestler. Ali Hosseini was another athlete the clerical regime executed in recent months. The regime had previously executed Iran\u2019s national hero and wrestling champion Navid\u00a0Afkari\u00a0for his participation in the second round of Iran protests in 2018.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There have also been more than 34 executions across Iran within the last few weeks. The upward trend of human rights violations in Iran is of no surprise when the Judiciary Chief is Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, one of the main perpetrators of the 1988 massacre<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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