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November 1, 2014 9:00 am

Iran Lawyer Accuses Regime of Widespread Torture, Murder, Persecution

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Screenshot.

Fox News – On the eve of Iran’s defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in the Islamic Republic over the weekend for allegedly killing her attempted rapist accused the regime of widespread torture and murder.

A UN-appointed human rights advocate had already prepared a voluminous account of Tehran’s egregious transgressions, including persecution and imprisonment of religious minorities, alarming numbers of executions and systematic disregard of due process by Saturday, when Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 27-year-old woman who had spent the last seven years in prison, was hanged.

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