UN warns more Iranians could face execution

Geneva: The U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Friday called for an immediate moratorium on ‌the use ⁠of ⁠the death penalty in Iran, warning that dozens more people risk execution after the first death sentence linked ⁠to January ‌mass protests was issued this week.

"I ⁠am horrified by reports that ​at least eight people, ​including two children, have been sentenced to death in connection with the ‌protests," Turk said in a speech to ​the ​U.N. ⁠Human Rights Council in Geneva, adding that another 30 people ​appeared to be at risk of the same sentence.