UN Names 3 Women To Probe Iran Protests Crackdown: All You Need To Know

The United Nation named the three women who would lead a rights investigation into Iran's violent crackdown on the nationwide protests. The protests sparked after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran's morality police.

The UN named Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain, Pakistani law professor Shaheen Sardar Ali, and rights activist Viviana Krsticevic are the women who would probe the violent crackdown on the protests.

The council presidency added that the long-time human rights activist Hossain will chair the investigation.

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UN Names 3 Women To Probe Iran Protests Crackdown

• UN Human Rights Council head Federico Villegas announced the 3 women who would lead the fact-finding mission.
• On November 24, the UN Human Rights Council voted to launch an independent investigation into Iran's deadly crackdown on protests. The motion passed with 25 votes in favour, six opposed, and 16 countries abstaining from the vote.
• Sara Hossain, Shaheen Sardar Ali, and Viviana Krsticevic will be the independent members of the mission. Hossain will chair the investigation.
• Iran is unlikely to allow the fact-finding trio to enter the country and carry out the mission.
• Tehran, the capital of Iran opposed the creation of the international investigation.
• The three women will document the Iranian authorities' violent crackdown on the protests and potential human rights violations.
• The fact-finding mission will document Iran's atrocities against citizens with a view to possible legal action against the officials.
• Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was detained by the morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly. Amini's untimely death in the custody of the morality police sparked nationwide protests.
• Earlier this month, Iran carried out its first and second execution over anti-government protests. So far, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard were executed for their role in the protests.
• The United Nations estimated that around 14,000 people have been arrested since the protests began in mid-September. According to the non-government organisation (NGO) Iran Human Rights, 469 protesters have been killed in the violent crackdown on the Iran protests.