Iran summons German, British envoys over calls to extend 2022 protest probe
Fact-finding mission formed after nationwide protests in Iran following death of Mahsa Amini
US demonstrators carry a large photo of Mahsa Amini during a protest against the Iranian regime, in Los Angeles, on October 22, 2022, following the death of Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic’s notorious “morality police.”
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Iran's foreign ministry has summoned the British and German envoys over their calls to extend the mandate of a UN fact-finding mission investigating mass protests in 2022, local media reported Thursday.
The fact-finding mission was formed in November 2022 after nationwide protests in Iran following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the country's dress code for women.
Her death triggered months of demonstrations, with hundreds of people, including dozens of security personnel, killed in the unrest and thousands of protesters arrested.
In a Tuesday statement, Britain said the "human rights situation in Iran remains appalling" and called on the UN Human Rights Council to let the fact-finding mission continue its investigations.
Local media in Iran reported that the foreign ministry had summoned the British charge d'affaires and Germany's ambassador over what it called their "anti-Iranian approaches".
It also slammed the "submission of a draft resolution by these two countries to extend the mandate of the so-called fact-finding mission", according to the Tasnim news agency.
On Tuesday, Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, slammed Britain and Germany's "hypocritical behaviour".
He further criticised the fact-finding mission, saying its reports on Iran were "a compilation of lies and false accusations".
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