UN Security Council urges restraint on Iran as US warns of wider repercussions
Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told the emergency meeting that the situation in Iran remained “fluid and deeply concerning.”
Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told the emergency meeting that the situation in Iran remained “fluid and deeply concerning.”
The Saudi minister voiced concern about the risk of escalation and stressed the need for diplomacy and regional cooperation to.
The meeting comes as Washington has begun withdrawing some personnel from US military bases in the Middle East.
Human rights organisations and opposition activists, however, say the overall death toll from the unrest is far higher.
Article 27 allows peaceful gatherings provided they do not violate Islamic principles, though Iran has long lacked a comprehensive law.
Araghchi said Iranians were determined to defend the country’s sovereignty and security against what he called foreign threats, the statement.
Mousavi said security forces made up more than two-thirds of those killed, a claim disputed by rights groups.
When a regime can only maintain power through violence, then it is effectively at its end,” he said.
The group also reported the deaths of nine children and nine civilians it said were not taking part in demonstrations.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday that 109 members of the security forces had been killed in the.