U.N. should stop funding Iran anti-drugs operations: rights groups
Six rights groups urged the United Nations anti-drugs agency on Wednesday to stop funding counter-narcotics police operations in Iran until Tehran ends the death penalty for such offences./ The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) confirmed it had received a letter from the groups, including U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, but had no comment on it. Because of a large number of executions, some countries, including Britain and Denmark, have in recent years stopped providing funding for UNODC drug control programs in Iran. Iran ...
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