Situation in Iran ‘critical’ with over 300 killed in protests: UN

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was “critical,” describing the authorities’ harsh response to protests that have left more than 300 dead in the past two months.

“The rising death toll from the protests in Iran, including those of two children over the weekend, and the tightening of the response by the security forces, underline the critical situation in the country,” said a spokesman for the human rights chief of the UN. , Volker Turk, during a meeting with the press in Geneva.

The Islamic Republic has been gripped by nationwide protests since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police on September 16 after she was arrested for wearing clothes deemed “inappropriate”.

Tehran has accused foreign enemies and their agents of orchestrating the protests, which have grown into a popular uprising by Iranians from all walks of life, posing one of the boldest challenges to clerical rulers since the 1979 revolution.

The team representing Iran at the World Cup in Qatar refused to sing the country’s national anthem at the team’s World Cup debut on Monday, in a show of support for the protests.

More than 300 people, including more than 40 children, have been killed so far, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said. These deaths occurred across the country and were reported in 25 out of 31 provinces.

In the same statement, spokesman Jeremy Lawrence also expressed concern about the situation in Kurdish-majority cities, where more than 40 people have been killed by security forces in the past week.

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