News from Al-Madinah: Today, Saturday, Michel Taylor, the American representative to the UN Human Rights Council, said that the international community should come together to address the deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran, particularly for women, girls, and children.
Taylor praised her Twitter account in Germany and Iceland for inviting them to hold a special session of the Human Rights Council in this regard.
Earlier today, Robert Mali, the US special envoy to Iran, said that his country welcomes the initiative offered by Germany and Iceland to focus the world’s attention on the “violent repression” of Iran against peaceful protesters.
On Friday, Germany and Iceland demanded that the UN Human Rights Council hold a special meeting to discuss Iran’s human rights situation.
While Amnesty International claimed in a report released last Thursday that it had evidence of at least 100 deaths in Sistan and Baluchistan since September 30 at the hands of Iranian security forces, including 16 children.
Iran has been witnessing protests in separate areas since last September, amid charges of the police of killing the young woman, Muhsa Amini, after being arrested on the pretext of wearing a “inappropriate” veil.
The Iranian government, however, disputes that Amini was physically assaulted by police.
In addition, at least 326 people have been killed in the campaign to suppress the demonstrations that Iran has been witnessing since September, confirmed by the Human Rights Organization in NGO, which is based in Oslo.
According to a statement on its website, Iran’s Human Rights Organization, “at least 326 people, including 43 children and 25 women, were killed by security forces during demonstrations across the country.”
According to the numbers provided by this organization, the dead in the southeast Sistan Baluchistan Governorate, which borders Pakistan, number at least 123.
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Washington: To address the deterioration of human rights in Iran, the world must come together.
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