Speech by Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Geneva panel: Human rights in Iran

I am here today, representing the International Committee In Search of Justice (ISJ) which we formed in 2008 when I was vice-president of the European Parliament.

 The mullahs' regime in Iran continues to execute more of its citizens per capita than any other UN member state and is the biggest executioner of juveniles.

Some 2000 people have been executed under President Rouhani in the past two years, more than in any similar period in the past 25 years. A young Kurdish political prisoner, Behrouz Alkhani was executed recently and the dead body of Shahrokh Zamani, another political prisoner was found in his cell last week.

The executions have escalated especially in the month following the nuclear deal with Iran. It seems that the recent nuclear deal and the absence of absolutely any public condemnation of human rights violations by the European governments, have emboldened Iran to move more quickly to try to annihilate its opponents both inside Iran and also those exiled in neighbouring Iraq.

Iran-Statement by steadfast Iranian political prisoner Ali Moezzi

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Iranian political prisoner Ali Moezzi has issued a statement following the suspicious death of labor activist Shahrokh Zamani on Sunday in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, north-west of Iran's capital Tehran. Mr. Moezzi, a supporter of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK), has constantly been under the most severe pressures and physical and psychological tortures in the Iranian regime's prisons. The following is the text of his statement:

IRAN: Trade unionist Shahrokh Zamani found dead in his cell under suspicious circumstances

Iraniantrade unionist Shahrokh Zamani, a prisoner of conscience, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on Sunday in Gohardasht Prison (Rajaei Shahr Prison) in the city of Karaj, north-west of Tehran.

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Shohrokh Zamani, 51, a labor activist and a painter, was last arrested in June 2011. He was tortured in prison and on numerous occasions went on hunger strike to protest his brutal treatment and the inhumane prison conditions.