United Nations General Assembly A/RES/66/175 Distr.: General 17 February 2012 Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 69 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/462/Add.3)] 66/175. Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenants on Human Rights 2 and other international human rights instruments, Recalling its previous resolutions on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most recent of which is resolution 65/226 of 21 December 2010, Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to 1. resolution 65/226, 3 which highlights further negative developments in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 4 submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 16/9 of 24 March 2011, 5 which notes concern over reports of targeted violence and discrimination against minority groups and alarm at a documented dramatic increase in executions, including secret group executions carried out inside prisons; Expresses deep concern at serious ongoing and recurring human rights 2. violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran relating to, inter alia: (a) Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including flogging and amputations; (b) The continuing high incidence of and dramatic increase in the carrying out of the death penalty in the absence of internationally recognized safeguards, including public executions, notwithstanding a circular from the former head of the _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 A/66/361. 4 See A/66/374. 5 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A. 2 11-46932 *1146932* Please rec cle ♲