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UN experts urge Iran to end escalating targeting of ethnic minorities
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB

UN experts urge Iran to end escalating targeting of ethnic minorities

August 6, 2026 Digest External News

News Digest: Automatically collected from relevant external sources. Not original Committee reporting or an official Committee position.

GENEVA – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to end the escalating arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment and arbitrary executions of ethnic minorities, particularly Kurdish and Baluch minorities. “Iran’s ethnic minorities must be able to live in safety and dignity, free from discrimination,” the experts said.

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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published August 6, 2026. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.

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