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U.S. claims victory after Iran rebuked at U.N. rights body
Loading ...Iran was rebuked at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday for its violent crackdown on unrest after the 2009 presidential election, in what the United States called a victory for the Iranian people.
In all, 56 countries including the United States endorsed a U.S.-initiated statement voicing concern at Iran’s arrests and executions of dissidents and calling on Tehran to uphold fundamental freedoms of expression, media and assembly.
“We were able to garner broad cross-regional support for this initiative, from all regions of the world, at a very crucial juncture for the people of Iran,” U.S. Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe told reporters.
Donahoe, wearing a bright green neck scarf, called the text a “statement of solidarity with the Green Movement inside Iran.
“The brutality and violence committed by the Iranian regime against human rights defenders and peaceful protesters is sickening,” she said.
Continue Reading at Reuters.
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