Dujarric says UN demands immediate halt to death penalty in Iran

The UN demanded an immediate halt to the death penalty Thursday after Iran executed a man arrested during nationwide protests, Report informs, citing Anadolu.

"We stand firmly against the use of the death penalty," spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. "We join our colleagues in the Human Rights Office calling for an immediate halt to these executions. The death penalty, as far as we are concerned, can never be reconciled with the right to life."

Mohsen Shikari was executed in the wee hours of Thursday after he "threatened citizens with a cold weapon and injured a security guard during protests" in the Sattar Khan neighborhood of the nation's capital of Tehran, according to Iran's Mizan News Agency.