Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has called for an independent investigation into the killing of former Afghan military personnel in Tehran.
In a post on X on Monday, Bennett said he was deeply concerned by the assassinations and stressed that those responsible for the killings of General Ikramuddin Sari and Mohammad Amin Almas must be identified and prosecuted.
Nearly five days after the killings, Iranian authorities have yet to publish the results of their investigation.
Sari, a former commander in Afghanistan’s police force, and Almas, a commander in the Afghan army, were shot dead late Wednesday in Tehran’s Vali-e Asr area. Less than four months earlier, Marouf Gholami, a military commander close to former jihadi leader Ismail Khan, was assassinated in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
The Taliban has not commented on the killings. Opponents of the Taliban have blamed the group for the assassinations of former Afghan military personnel in Tehran.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, addressed the incident five days after the killings, saying investigations by Iran’s security agencies were continuing and condemning the attack.
Earlier, Tehran Governor Hossein Khosh-Eghbal said authorities were reviewing the killing of General Sari and that findings would be announced on Sunday. However, despite that pledge, Tehran police had not released the results of their investigation as of two days later.
