The Price of Expression: Iran’s Artists in the Face of Repression

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The Price of Expression: Iran’s Artists in the Face of Repression

Iran will come before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva for its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) this week, on 24 January, a critical moment for assessing the country’s human rights record. The UPR is a UN process under which the human rights records of all UN Member States are reviewed every four and a half years. The Iranian government will present its report on adherence to UN human rights conventions, and Member States will re…