UN Rights Chief Urges Iran to 'End Brutal Repression'

23
Jan.
2026

UN Rights Chief Urges Iran to 'End Brutal Repression'

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UN Rights Chief Urges Iran to 'End Brutal Repression'

This photograph, taken during a tour organized for foreign media, shows a videographer filming debris at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which was damaged during recent demonstrations, in Tehran on January 21, 2026. ©Atta Kenare / AFP

The United Nations rights chief decried Friday that "thousands" of people, including children, had died in Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests and urged the authorities to "end their brutal repression."

Speaking at the start of a UN Human Rights Council urgent meeting on the situation in Iran, Volker Turk urged the authorities in Tehran "to reconsider, to pull back, and to end their brutal repression."

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