13 April 2014, Al-Monitor - The punishment of criminals in Iran is sometimes carried out in public. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has reported several cases of public execution and the humiliation of criminals. According to his March 2013 ...

21 March 2014, Asia Times - As many as 700 people were sentenced to death in Iran last year, according to United Nations estimates. Most were charged with drug-related crimes and belonged to ethnic minorities, new studies ...

14 March 2014, EFE - El presidente de Irán, Hasán Rohaní, no ha cumplido sus promesas electorales de respetar los derechos políticos y civiles de sus conciudadanos, denunció hoy el relator especial de Naciones Unidas sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Irán, Ahmed ...

2 April 2014, Al-Jazeera - Tweet featured on Al-Jazeera's Arabic homepage: "895 Political Prisoners in Iran: Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, Ahmed Shaheed, said that these prisoners are languishing in ...

18 March 2014, IranWire - With a sharp surge in executions and a renewed clampdown on religious minorities, Iran’s engagement at the United Nations Human Rights Council presents significant challenges. In this interview, the second in our two-part series, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the ...

11 March 2014, Reuters - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on ...

28 March 2014, The New York Times - The Iran government’s effort to portray a kinder and gentler image was frustrated on Friday by the United Nations Human Rights Council, which voted to extend the term of a monitor scorned by ...

18 March 2014, IranWire - “Being anti-government is not a crime,” says Dr Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Situation Human Rights in Iran. “Criticizing a government’s policy, a government’s leader, should not be seen as a crime and should not make one perceived as ...

21 February 2014, Reuters - At least 80 people and perhaps as many as 95 have been executed in Iran already this year, a surge in the use of the death penalty that has dampened hopes for human rights reforms under President Hassan Rouhani, the United Nations said ...