{"id":25572,"date":"2026-10-03T05:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=25572"},"modified":"2026-10-03T05:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T05:35:25","slug":"46-countries-issue-joint-statement-over-rise-in-executions-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/10\/03\/46-countries-issue-joint-statement-over-rise-in-executions-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"46 countries issue joint statement over rise in executions in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Forty-six countries have issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council expressing concern over an increase in executions in Iran, particularly the continued execution of protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement says at least 31 protesters have been executed since the January protests, while dozens of others, including women and children, face death sentences or the risk of execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signatories, citing findings by UN experts, said the death penalty in Iran was being used to create fear, suppress dissent and deter peaceful protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also expressed concern over closed-door trials, allegations of torture, forced confessions and violations of defendants\u2019 rights to fair trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN human rights mechanisms have separately documented concerns about arbitrary arrests, torture and fair-trial violations in cases linked to the protests, as well as individuals facing imminent execution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Forty-six countries have issued a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council expressing concern over an increase in executions in Iran, particularly the continued execution of protesters. The statement says at least 31 protesters have been executed since the January protests, while dozens of others, including women and children, face death sentences or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25574,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25572\/revisions\/25574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}