Iran custody death should be impartially investigated – UN rights office
Reuters The Acting UN Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an impartial probe into the death of a woman in police custody in Iran who fell into a coma after being arrested by the country’s morality police. The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran’s Kurdistan province, has sparked nationwide anger and […]
Executions, trial procedures in Iran of deep concern, says UN
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Top UN officials voiced deep concern on Tuesday about human rights violations in Iran amid reports of rising numbers of executions, including of minors and Afghan migrants for drug-related offences. They spoke as an annual report on human rights in Iran, authored by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, was presented to the UN Human Rights […]