Six days after hanging crime victim, Iran defends its human rights record ...
Public executions in Iran are often witnessed by children and are meted out for offenses such as homosexuality and drug possession. (Courtesy: Iran Human Rights)/ Iran lashed out at critics of its abysmal human rights record at a U.N. hearing Friday, blaming the West for Saturday’s execution of a woman who killed her attempted rapist, and receiving support from a host of countries with dubious records of their own. The Islamic Republic’s rebuttal of a damning report from the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Iran came during a ...
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