Exclusive: New Human Rights Report Released on Iran

Barbara Slavin

Mar 7, 2012

A mannequin dressed in a hijab is seen in front of the Iranian Embassy in Rome September 2, 2010. A demonstration was staged outside the Iranian embassy to draw attention to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. — REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

As the nuclear crisis with Iran deepens, the United Nations Wednesday issued a detailed new report that accuses Iran of responsibility for grave human rights abuses including the highest per capita rate of executions in the world.

The report^[1], compiled by Ahmed Shaheed, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, found “a striking pattern of violations of fundamental human rights guaranteed under international law.”