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UN expert decries Iran executions of 12 linked to drug crime
GENEVA – A U.N. expert focusing on Iran has condemned the execution of 12 people there over the weekend on drug-related charges.
Special rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed on Monday said executions for drug-related offences like those on Saturday violate international law, and Iranian officials have themselves say such executions haven’t been effective in preventing drug-related crimes.
Shaheed’s office noted the case of Alireza Madadpour, who was one of the 12, saying he was tried after being arrested when less than a kilogram of crystal meth was found in a raid on a house he cleaned. It said Madadpour never met his state-appointed defence lawyer and the trial lasted 20 minutes.
Shaheed has cited Iran Human Rights Documentation Center figures showing 966 people were executed last year — over half related to drug-law violations.
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