Iran spokesman to Saudis: Execution, unbridled violence, no solution to self-produced crises

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the mass execution of over 80 people by the Saudi government, describing it as an inhumane measure that contravenes the basic principles of human rights and international law.

“Execution and [the use of] unbridled violence are no solution to self-produced crises and the Saudi government cannot use such measures to cover up its political and judicial bedlam and suppress people,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Sunday.

His remarks came after the state-run Saudi Press Agency said in an announcement on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had executed 81 prisoners in a single day over ‘terror-related offenses,’ in the largest mass execution carried out by the highly-conservative Arab kingdom in recent memory.

Saudi Arabia executes 81 inmates in a single day: State media

Saudi Arabia’s officials have executed 81 prisoners in a single day over what they say alleged to be terror-related offenses.

It added that the executed inmates included seven Yemenis and a Syrian, alleging that the suspects had been convicted of a variety of crimes, including killings and membership in militant groups.

The Iranian spokesperson, in his Sunday statement, added that the recent mass executions in Saudi Arabia constitute an inhumane act in contravention to the basic principles of human rights and international law.

“This measure is also at odds with all human [rights] principles and recognized judicial procedures [as death sentences were issued] without respect for due process,” Khatibzadeh said.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman also slammed the Western countries for use of double standards in such cases and instrumental use of the concept of human rights.

Khatibzadeh took to task those countries who claim to be human rights advocates for their inaction toward such heinous measures, describing it as a sign of those countries hypocrisy and their politicized use of human rights to achieve their political goals against independent governments.

The mass execution in Saudi Arabia has drawn a strong wave of condemnation from various Islamic and Saudi opposition groups, which say most of those executed were jailed only for exercising their right to free expression of opinion.

Opposition bloc, Iraqi PMU strongly condemn mass executions by Saudi government

Mass execution in Saudi Arabia draws a strong wave of condemnation from various Islamic and Saudi opposition groups.

In a statement on Sunday, Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement also condemned the latest mass execution in Saudi Arabia, saying it brings to the fore the true face of the Saudi regime, which practices the ugliest forms of sectarian discrimination.

“This regime wears the dress of Islam, but is actually at the service of the Zionist project. All the treason which was committed by the Persian Gulf Arab states would not have been possible without the endorsement of Saudi Arabia,” Hezbollah said in its statement.

Hezbollah: Mass executions illustrate Saudi sectarian discrimination

The Lebanese resistance movement says the latest mass executions in Saudi Arabia uncover the true face of the regime in Riyadh.

“This is an additional crime in the criminal record of the Saudi regime, which has always committed killings and bloodshed.” This criminal record extends from Yemen to Iraq, to Syria, to Lebanon, and all Arab and Muslim countries, Hezbollah said.

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