The United Nations’ Human Rights Council has passed a motion to establish a new investigative mission to probe Iran’s suppression of mass protests that have roiled the country since September.
The motion, which was held during a special session called by Germany, passed with 25 in favor, six against and 16 abstentions. Activists cheered after the result was read out by the council president.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chief Volker Turk said Iran is in a full-fledged human rights crisis as authorities clamp down on anti-regime dissidents.
Turk called for “independent, impartial and transparent investigative processes” into violations of human rights in Iran.
The Islamic Republic has been gripped by a wave of anti-government protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the morality police in September allegedly for not wearing her hijab properly.
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