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STATFiIENT OF ON SU V Y 1 X CUTIONS In I1?P. T
A United Nations spckesman ma ie th fo1i.owir statement yesterday
evening, 1 icrch, on behalf or Secretary—c ener 3l i(urt Wa1d ieia:
Secretary enera1 T'.urt Thldheim has not'-' with ren co: c rn th t summary
executions continue to ; carrico o t ii i n ithoua due process of lou and
that such n fat : ey also be rnet& :. uut to former Prima f!iriister Amir Abbaf
Hove
The SQcr&: v—G cral in grotifi i t.hnt the precerit Pr ae 1ini.ster has
himselt uhiic1y e resse i oaposition to a continuation of this practice.
t ithout irA any w y t'ishing to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran,
the Secretary-.Gen r;il strongly urges on humni-iit. ricm grounus that cli
concerne i assure full respect for the human rights of pc1itic 1 prisoners in
Iran and that summary executions without due process b ended immediately.
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