AhlulBayt News Agency: Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva has emphasized that Tehran will not surrender to foreign pressure and will not tolerate covert aggression presented under the guise of the so-called concern.
Speaking at a UN Human Rights Council session on Iran, Ali Bahreini stated that the Iranian delegation was present to state the facts and defend its people.
He said that the sponsors of the session and its predetermined outcome had never genuinely been concerned about the human rights of the Iran people.
Otherwise, he argued, they would not have imposed inhumane sanctions that violate the fundamental rights of every Iranian, nor would they have supported the aggressive war of the Israeli regime.
He noted that this war had killed and wounded over five thousand Iranians, a conflict which the sponsors had dismissively referred to as their dirty work.
The Iranian ambassador further noted that from the start of the protests on December 28, 2025, Iran had fully recognized the people’s right to peaceful protest and had established channels for dialogue with the protesters.
However, Bahreini said that in the second phase, from January 8 to 10, incidents were deliberately turned into organized violence, including terrorist attacks, destruction of public property, and armed actions against civilians and law enforcement personnel.
He highlighted that the Iranian government had officially announced verified statistics related to the recent unrest, stating that in total, 3,117 people had lost their lives, with 2,427 of them killed as a direct result of terrorist operations, adding that the figures were the product of national investigations and legal documentation.
Bahreini said that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the legitimacy and validity of this special session and its subsequent resolution.
He added that Iran possesses independent national mechanisms for investigating and ensuring accountability regarding acts of violence and terrorism.
Bahreini concluded that it was a bitter irony that states with records tainted by war crimes, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and systematic violations—even violence against their own nations—now sought to lecture Iran on social governance and human rights.
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