Three years into the tenure of Hassan Rouhani who himself and many in the West promised to be a moderate and reformist poised to bring about change in Iran, we have only witnessed an unprecedented spike in human rights violations, including horrendous public floggings and especially executions. Overt 2,400 executions in the past three years is the report card Iran and Rouhani carry, with Amnesty International and many other international human rights organizations registering Iran sent nearly 1,000 people to the gallows in 2015 alone. Various religious minorities, including Arabs, Bahais, Christians, Jews and others have also been targeted...
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