The European Union says it has extended sanctions against 82 Iranian officials until 2017 because of the human rights situation in the nation.
The 28-nation bloc has had asset freezes and travel bans in place against Iranians since 2011 because of perceived violations of human rights.
The measures came despite a recent improvement of relations linked to a nuclear deal between Western powers and Tehran.
UN’s top expert on the human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed told the Human Rights Council last month that executions in the country were at “the highest rate in over two decades,”. He added“ at least 73 juvenile offenders were reportedly executed between 2005 and 2015,” 16 of them in the past two years alone.
Amnesty International published a report in January and slammed Iran as the world’s most prolific executioner of offenders convicted of committing crimes as juveniles.
Source: News Agencies, April 11
