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UN to Investigate Iran for Human Rights Violations in Protests

Women hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, igniting demonstrations on the streets of major cities across Iran. — Women hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, igniting demonstrations on the streets of major cities across Iran.
Photographer: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images

By

Golnar Motevalli and

Yasna Haghdoost

November 24, 2022, 4:20 PM UTC

The United Nations’ top human rights body voted overwhelmingly for an international investigation into alleged human-rights violations by Iranian authorities in their deadly crackdown on protests gripping the country.

At a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, 25 countries agreed to establish an independent fact-finding mission to investigate deaths, injuries, abuse, imprisonment and intimidation of protesters and their families since the unrest erupted on Sept. 16.