The situation in Iran is now „critical“ amid a hardening of the authorities‘ response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said.
The situation in Iran is now „critical“ amid a hardening of the authorities‘ response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said.
„The rising number of deaths from protests in Iran, including those of two children at the weekend, and the hardening of the response by security forces, underline the critical situation in the country,“ said a spokesperson for UN human rights chief Volker Turk at a Geneva press briefing.
