(Beirut) – Security and intelligence forces were the main perpetrators of human rights abuses in Iran during 2015, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2016. In a sharp increase from previous years, Iran also executed more than 830 prisoners

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In spite of the feel-good imagery, to believe that Iran’s regime has altogether transformed itself and might now be moving towards decisive domestic reform and a constructive role on the international stage would be naive and short-sighted.
Iran may have a president with a “moderate” profile – one whose smooth approach comes as a relief after the Ahmadinejad years – but that does not mean the authoritarian nature of the regime or the objectives of its foreign policy have changed.

Iran still ranks as one of the most repressive states in the world, and there has been no improvement.

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Scores of youths in Iran are languishing on death row for crimes committed under the age of 18, said Amnesty International in a damning new report published today. The report debunks recent attempts by Iran’s authorities to whitewash their continuing violations of children’s rights and deflect criticism of their appalling record as one of the world’s last executioners of juvenile offenders.

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Rouhani has made no serious effort to improve conditions in his country, whether for juvenile offenders, political prisoners or the Iranian people in general.

He has overseen over 2,000 executions during 2 ½ years in office (almost three times more than the former firebrand president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad).

These atrocities have coincided with a crackdown on pro-Western and pro-democratic sentiment inside and outside the country, including an 80-missile barrage on Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Iraq, in late October, which left 24 dead and dozens wounded.

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More than 2,000 people have been hanged under the so-called “moderate” leadership of President Rouhani.

Women are treated as an inferior species and regularly abused and repressed by the misogynist mullahs.

Many young women have been blinded and disfigured in acid attacks condoned by the State simply for the offence of not wearing their veil properly.

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Since the “moderate” Rouhani took office in 2013, Iran has embarked on what Amnesty International calls “a staggering execution spree”, giving it the highest per capita state-killing rate in the world.

The targets for murder and imprisonment include journalists, Christians and anyone who can be viewed as a political or religious dissident – in obedience, as Rouhani said in 2014, to “God’s commandments”.

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Over 2,000 executions and counting during President Rouhani’s tenure greatly surpasses his predecessor Ahmadinejad’s gloomy record, making the Iranian regime the world’s biggest executioner per capita. Dozens of those hanged were juvenile offenders. It is not possible to claim that those executed were given fair trials according to international standards.

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The last call before execution; don’t be afraid, my son. From tomorrow, you’ll find me by your side all the time.

Cry for Human Rights – Cheerio friends. All I wanted was a better future for you.

Mum! I’ll miss Daddy. Who is going to take me to bed and tell me fairy tales, tonight?

My kind mother, I told you that I don’t want to have a grave for you to come and mourn there and suffer. I don’t want you to wear black clothing for me. Give me to the wind to take away.

My son, you were everything I had. I promise to you I won’t let your legend to be forgotten.

I Know Mum, Dad will never come back. But I am strong and you can rely on me.