Tehran Rejects UN ‘Protest Killings’ Resolution, Blasts Western Moralizing

Iran has flatly rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution condemning what it described as the “violent crackdown on peaceful protests” by Iranian security forces, after two weeks of raging economic protests earlier this month, which also included a government enforced total internet shutdown. Following a closed-door session in Geneva on Friday, 25 council members – including France, Japan, and South Korea – voted in favor of the formal censure. But there were significant voices among the seven that voted against, including China, India, and Pakistan. Fourteen others abstained. The council demanded that Tehran halt arrests linked to the…