Published by Foreign and Commonwealth Office
12 October 2006
FCO published its new annual human rights report in 358 pages today and in pages 63 to 66 described the situation in Iran for the past year. However, there are other references to human right situation in Iran in other pages of the report such as the box on page 195 about the juvenile execution in Iran.
Its overview reads:
The past 12 months have seen a continued deterioration in the human rights situation in Iran. There have been repeated serious violations of freedom of expression and association.
Officials who were implicated in internal repression in the 1980s and 1990s have been appointed as government ministers. While sporadic efforts have been made by some authorities in Iran to improve the administration of justice, we continue to be concerned at the lack of effective action to
reform laws, institutions and official practices. The future does not look positive. There appears to be a real reluctance on the part of the Iranian government to
undertake the necessary human rights reforms. Talk of respect for human rights needs to be matched by a demonstrable commitment to improving the human rights situation. ...
>>> Continued @ full report
