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Mr. Abdolkarim Lahiji , a prominent Iranian lawyer , deputy of the International Confederation on Human Rights and president of the Human Rights Association in Iran , on speaking in UN General Assembly in New York requested for a resolution against capital punishment in Iran . He said: Iran with 220 execution in one year is on the top of the list of countries that recognize execution as a punishment.

Mr. Lahiji added : Oct. 10 is the International Day of struggle against capital punishment and because of this important day , I decided this year to attend in UN General Assembly to speak about the issue. He said at present 105 countries dismanteled the capital punishment and therefore in more than half of the members of UN the capital punishment is illegal and there was no capital punishment in 30 countries during the last decade. There are 60 countries that still carry on the capital punishment and six countries are on the top of the list and Iran is one of them.These countries are : Iran, US , China , Pakistan, Iraq and Sudan. There are no capital punishment in Europe and Latin America.