Amoli Larijani said in a meeting with senior judiciary officials that no one in Iran is executed for their political beliefs. He added that those who have been executed (so far) have either been drug traffickers or rapists or offenders to other people’s lives and properties.” Amoli Larijani expressed his commitment to Sharia law and said, “Some of the laws and regulations related to execution are not unique to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all Muslims believe in them.” He urged all Muslim countries to break their silence on the Western states’ protest against Islamic laws staged under the pretext of defending human rights.
Source: Iran Daily Brief