 The number of offenders executed increased from 86 in 2005 to 317 in 2007.Months-long arbitrary detentions of "peaceful activists, journalists, students, and human rights defenders" and often charged with "acting against national security," has intensified under President Ahmadinejad In December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly voted to expressed "deep concern" for Iran's human rights record particularly "cases of torture; the high incidence of executions and juvenile executions ... ; the persecution of women seeking their human rights; discrimination against minorities and attacks on minority groups like the Baha'is in state media ..." Following the protests over the June 2009 presidential elections, dozens were killed, hundreds arrested including dozens of opposition leaders several journalists arrested or beaten, foreign media barred from leaving their offices to report on demonstrations, and Web sites and bloggers threatened.Basij or Revolutionary Guard were reportedly responsible for at least some of the slain protesters.