Iran blasts ‘useless’ UN probe into unrest
Iran's foreign ministry has condemned a United Nations Human Rights Council decision to probe the Islamic republic's response to unrest following the death of Mahsa Amini. Tehran had opposed holding the urgent council session on Thursday as requested by Germany and Iceland. Iran has seen more than two months of demonstrations sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini. She had been arrested for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women. Government officials have blamed the "riots" on "foreign enemies" in the West whom they accuse of inciting law-breaking.
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