The head of human rights committee of the Italian Parliament described the human rights condition in Iran highly critical and said Iranian regime is using death sentence and executions to create the atmosphere of fear and horror and to silence its opponents, Radio Farda reported on Sunday.

The head of Human Rights Committee of the Italian Parliament who made a trip last week to Iran, referring to extensive violation of human rights in Iran after saying these kind of visits had been fruitless and vain, said: ” In Iran, contrary to other countries that try to reduce the number of death sentences, the number of people executed in Iran last year increased %100.

He also said: “We told Iranian officials that the death sentences issued for two Kurdish journalists Adnan Hassanpour and Hiva Boutimar who at the most were members of a political organization is unacceptable.”