Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The United States is urging the Iranian government to halt executions after Tehran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman, saying she was a drug smuggler.
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has said the drug charges were only a pretext to execute Zahra Bahrami, and the Netherlands froze all ties with Iran on Sunday, a day after the hanging.
On Monday, the U.S. State Department said it was "deeply concerned that Iran continues to deny its citizens their human rights".
"Judicial cases, trials, and sentences continue to proceed without transparency and the due process rights enshrined in Iran's own constitution," it said.
The department said it was especially troubled by Bahrami's execution, saying she was denied access to Dutch consular officials. CNN
