Human Rights Violations

Iran: Iran massive repression of the human rights of its own people should inform our approach to the nuclear negotiations, according to Huffington Post Canada. Simply put, Iran assault on the human rights of its own people should engage the nuclear negotiating front. Indeed, negotiations proceed while human rights violations in Iran continue unabated -- and have even intensified -- under the "moderate" President Rouhani. First, the prospect of a rights violating regime seeking to possess nuclear weapons itself warrants concern. What follows is an overview of some of the more serious human rights violations that continue in Iran -- and the corresponding Iranian defiance of its international commitments -- underpinned by an ongoing culture of impunity. 1. Second, the reality of Iran repressive treatment of its citizens -- and blatant breaches of its international law obligations in this regard -- should cause us to question the veracity of any commitments made by the regime in the context of the nuclear negotiations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.