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- The UN Human Rights Council will convene an emergency session on January 23, 2026, to discuss violence against protesters in Iran.
- This session follows a letter from multiple countries and reports of at least 5,000 deaths during recent protests, the largest since 2022.
- UN rights chief Volker Turk condemned the violence, while Human Rights Watch urged for a broader investigation into the killings.
- Iranian officials assert that the unrest was triggered by armed attacks on security forces and have countered the allegations.
