The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy...

The "Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran" (SMCCDI) wrote a letter to Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, on the occasion of the 54th session of the UN General Assembly, in which they criticised President Khatami's regime and highlighted human rights abuses. The letter stated that "Mr. Khatami represents a brutal regime that over the past two decades has executed 120,000 persons on political charges; and imprisoned and severely tortured hundreds of thousands more? During Mr. Khatami's tenure alone, 670 public executions have taken place, and 13 persons have been stoned to death. Inhuman medieval punishments, such as gouging out eyes and amputation, are routine."