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UN rights council to hold emergency session on Iran: Report
The council will consider extending a fact-finding mission amid reports of thousands killed, mass arrests, and a prolonged internet shutdown in Iran's nationwide protests.
- On Friday , the UN Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran, with Iceland's ambassador Einar Gunnarsson citing a letter from Germany and Britain on alarming violence.
- Human Rights Watch denounced mass unlawful killings and urged the UN probe set up in 2022 to investigate and receive extra financing.
- Iranian authorities said they have verified at least 5,000 deaths in protests, prompting Volker Turk, UN rights chief, to condemn the violence and call for investigation.
- European representatives including Britain, France and Denmark accused Iran's government of violence and human rights violations, while Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the criticism as unjustified on Sunday and Iran's diplomatic mission did not respond.
- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said European governments misrepresent early January events, claiming violence escalated between Jan. 8 and 10 after `terrorist individuals` entered, and warned Europe is `blindly obeying the United States and Israel` which could backfire diplomatically.
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