June 25, 2015 Meet the Middle East

US blasts Iran for "severely" restricting civil liberties

Iran repressed freedoms and rights for its people last year, the United States said Thursday, adding that there has been no "meaningful improvement" since President Hassan Rouhani was elected in 2013."Iran continued to severely restrict civil liberties, including the freedoms of assembly, speech, religion, and press, and to execute citizens at the second highest rate in the world," the US said in its annual human rights report.
Source: Albawaba
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