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The UN Human Rights Council held a special session to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, on Friday 23 January 2026.
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Speakers:
- Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Mai Sato, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, also speaking on behalf of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures
- Sara Hossain, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (video message)
- Payam Akhavan, Civil society representative
- Ali Bahreini, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Office at Geneva (country concerned)
- Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland (on behalf of a group of countries).
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