Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei asserted that the Israeli Knesset's decision to execute Palestinian prisoners constitutes an unprecedented blow to the international legal system and humanitarian principles.
In a post on the “X” platform on Wednesday, Baqai considered this measure to be “a severe and unprecedented blow to the basic principles of international humanitarian law and the 1949 Geneva Conventions, particularly Common Article 3,” stressing that this law “represents a dangerous and unprecedented regression towards barbarism and a return to the law of the jungle.”
He added: "Is there anyone who realizes
the profound decline that so-called human civilization is facing due to inaction in the face of Israel's violations of the law and crimes?"
Earlier this week, the Israeli Knesset passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners in military courts for allegedly "committing attacks against Jewish Israelis," thus fulfilling a key pledge of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the law, calling it "a crime and a dangerous escalation in the occupation's policies."
The law includes provisions stipulating that the death penalty be carried out by hanging within 90 days of its issuance, with the possibility of an additional grace period if necessary, but it deprives the convicted person of the right to request a pardon, while maintaining the option of imposing a life sentence as an alternative to the death penalty.
