UN HRC53: Joint Statement on human rights situation in Iran

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 16:37

Joint statement on oral update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran. Delivered by Ambassador Shara Duncan Villalobos of Costa Rica. "Mr. President, I deliver this statement on behalf of 53 Member States. We would like to thank the Fact-Finding Mission for their update. We are particularly concerned by the reports of the ongoing surge of executions in Iran and the authorities’ use of the death penalty as a tool to chill dissent.  Iran...Request free trial