UN Special Rapporteur's concern about Human Rights in Iran

                  

Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran 'worries Iran will soon slide back into darkness”
Mr. Shaheed said: 'Since 2011 I have made numerous requests to visit Iran to investigate the situation of human rights personally, all of which have been denied. 
I continue to receive seriously disturbing reports of human rights abuses inside the country. After speaking this week with dozens of victims of human rights abuses from Iran in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Paris, I feel as strongly as ever that the international community must continue to urgently shine a spotlight on human right issues in Iran. The country’s leadership has a rare opportunity to affect positive change in the lives of all Iranians. Rhetoric on change must be supported by concrete action or the opportunity will be missed. Given the recent arrests of citizens for free expression, the alarming executions of Kurdish and Ahwazi political prisoners, and the ongoing unacceptably high rate of executions in general in the country, it is time for the Government to take concrete action.
I look forward to the development of the Citizen’s Rights Charter; however, in the absence of meaningful international pressure, political momentum in this regard may quickly dissipate.