United Nations Human Rights Council lashes out Iran’s human rights abuse.

A resolution presented by 39 UN members to extend “the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights” in Iran for “a further period of one year” was ratified by UN human Rights Council on Wednesday March 20.  Mr. Ahmad Shaheed resides at his position as the Special Rapporteur on Iran for the 6^th consecutive period.

This was achieved at the same time that Mullahs regime and their international supporters tried hard not to let the re-election of Ahmad Shaheed as the special rapporteur happen. The endeavors of Mr. Shaheed in exposing the flagrant violations of human rights in Iran and the accuracy of his reports made the United Nations to renew him at this position for another year. 

The re appointment of Mr. Shaheed heated up Mullahs in the Iranian government who called this event as a “hostile political move” against them. Despite frequent calls by the United Nations the government of Iran never allowed the special rapporteur to go to Iran to visit its gruesome prisons.

Just recently Ahmad Shaheed and five other UN special rapporteurs on human rights matters issued a joint statement expressing serious concerns over the arrest of journalists in Iran and heavy sentences issued against them.

Undoubtedly, the people of Iran, as the first victims of Mullahs repression, regard the reappointment of Mr. Ahmad Shaheed as a good gesture and insist for promptness against Mullahs to stop torture and executions. Since President Rouhani came to office, the number of executions in Iran has had an ascendant surge and has already passed 2300.