The U.N. Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights stated on Tuesday that the scenario in Iran was “important”, describing a hardening of the authorities’ response to protests which have resulted in additional than 300 deaths prior to now two months.

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“We urge your authorities to handle the folks’s calls for for equality, dignity and rights as an alternative of utilizing pointless or disproportionate pressure to suppress the protests,” stated a spokesperson for U.N human rights chief Volker Turk at a Geneva press briefing.

The Islamic Republic has been gripped by nationwide protests because the demise of 22-year-old Kurdish lady Mahsa Amini in morality police custody on Sept. 16 after she was arrested for carrying garments deemed “inappropriate”.