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UN Extends Probe into Iran's Severe Human Rights Abuses
1/24/2026
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Story summary
- The United Nations Human Rights Council extended an independent investigation into Iran's human rights abuses after the crackdown.
- Twenty-five countries supported the motion, with Cuba and China among the seven opposed.
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned Iran's repression and urged an end to the violence.
- Rights groups say the crackdown is the harshest since the 1979 revolution, with thousands killed.
