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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/irwin-cotler/human-rights-iran_b_6647154.html
Human Rights in Iran: Marginalized and Sanitized
(Huffington Post) Irwin Cotler - The prevention of an Iranian "nuclear breakout" capability is inextricably intertwined with the regime's ongoing massive repression of human rights. Indeed, negotiations proceed while human rights violations in Iran continue unabated - and have even intensified - under the "moderate" President Rouhani. First, the prospect of a rights-violating regime seeking to possess nuclear weapons itself warrants concern. Second, the reality of Iran's repressive treatment of its citizens - and blatant breaches of its international law obligations in this regard - should cause us to question the veracity of any commitments made by the regime in the context of the nuclear negotiations. The writer, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, is Professor of Law Emeritus at McGill University.