UN rights chief deplores execution of 4 people in Iran, urging halt to further executions

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief on Friday deplored the execution of four people in Iran.

Volker Turk "deplores execution of three men and one woman today, allegedly for spying, following trials marred by serious due process concerns," the human rights office said on X.

He urged "an immediate halt to any further executions and an official moratorium on use of death penalty."

Earlier in the day, Iran executed Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari, Rahman Parhazo and Nasim Namazi who were sentenced for having alleged links with Israel’s Mossad security service, according to the Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the Iranian judiciary.