HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN

By: Dima Richards

Overview There are many countries that are violating basic

human rights. Iran is one of the countries that has the biggest violations in these rights.

A few of the rights that they’ve violated were basic human freedoms free speech right to religion

Along with that, they have public executions authorities that brag about their aggression and violence

habits At this point the US and other countries are working

to figure out some kind of solution to this problem without causing a big war.

Basic Human Freedoms In the 1980s, Iran executed many political

prisoners and they won’t allow the members of their families to visit their graves.

If they do visit the graves, then they are taken by the Iran Intelligence Agency and interrogated.

. One of the mothers of the executed people claimed it was her right to visit the graves of her lost ones. She was later arrested and charged with propaganda because she formed a “mourning mothers” group.

False Crimes in some Iranian prisons, some prisoners are forced If they didn’t confess, their chances of parole would be

taken away, experience harsh punishments and/or put to death.

They want people and other countries to think that they have a really bad crime rate and they do something about it, but in reality, they arrest people for simply trying to defend their rights.

Right to Religion Iran is very prejudice against certain

religions. Citizens are punished for converting

religion. When they’re being interrogated, they’re tortured more than usually interrogated. Called names Beaten Treated like animals

Public Executions On death row, depending on their crimes,

their execution is public. When someone convicted of rape was

executed; he was hung in the middle of a large public soccer field with hundreds of people watching.

Bad Political Leaders One presidential candidate(Mohammad

Baqer Qalibaf ) bragged about his direct role in violence.

While running for president, he took pride in this as if that would win him popularity.

Because he said this, the International Community is planning on arranging travel bans against him.

Solutions? There are a few solutions to these problems:

The UN could invade Iran and try to set up a new constitution and friendlier government. The problem with that route is that it would start

another war and drag more countries into it. Send people over there and talk to the

government leaders and say that we’d attack them if they don’t change their ways.

Some citizens might go on strike and not go to work until the government changes. Might end up like what happened in Egypt; the

military butts in and settles it by force.

Conclusion The situation in Iran is very bad:

They’re denying people their rights Forcing people to confess to false crimes Denying people of other religions their respect They’re performing public executions Political leaders that brag about their role in

violence. Something must be done…

References http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/09/mourni

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http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/06/sunni_rajaee_shahr-2/

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/06/sunni_rajaee_shahr/

http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2013/05/ghalibaf_tape/