Iran: UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ to avert more death, wider escalation

UN Photo/Loey Felipe Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran.

This article is published in association with United Nations. As nationwide protests in Iran appear to ease after nearly three weeks of unrest and bloodshed, a senior UN official called on Thursday for action to prevent further escalation.  Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee briefed an emergency meeting of the Security Council in New York called by the […]

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