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Iran's ambassador to India Mohammad Fathali connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) appreciated India's basal to ballot against a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) solution addressing the deteriorating quality rights situation in transportation with the nationwide protests which began connected December 28, 2025.
In the 39th peculiar league connected January 23, the UNHRC adopted the solution successful which it extended the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission connected Iran for 2 years, and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur connected the concern of quality rights successful Iran for 1 year. “The solution besides called for an urgent probe by the Fact-Finding Mission, successful the discourse of the repression of nationwide protests opening 28 December 2025,” work a connection issued by the UNHRC.
The solution was adopted by a ballot of 25 successful favour, 7 against and 14 abstentions. India's ballot placed it among a number of states rejecting the measure, portion respective others abstained.
I widen my sincere gratitude to the Govt. of India for its principled and steadfast enactment of I.R. of Iran astatine the UN_HRC, including opposing an unjust and politically motivated resolution. This stance reflects India's committedness to justice, multilateralism, and nationalist sovereignty. pic.twitter.com/kLFnqpNjmB
— Iran Ambassador Mohammad Fathali (@IranAmbIndia) January 24, 2026Reacting to India's vote, successful a connection connected X, Mr. Fathali wrote: “I widen my sincere gratitude to the Government of India for its principled and steadfast enactment of the Islamic Republic of Iran astatine the UNHRC, including opposing an unjust and politically motivated resolution. This stance reflects India’s committedness to justice, multilateralism, and nationalist sovereignty.”
During the peculiar session, Iran, speaking arsenic the state concerned, said the sponsors of this league had ne'er genuinely cared for the quality rights of Iranians, otherwise, they would not person imposed sanctions which impacted the lives of Iranians and supported Israel’s warfare against the State, the UNRC connection read.
As of Friday (January 23, 2026), the decease toll from Iran’s bloody crackdown connected nationwide protests reached astatine slightest 5,002 people, activists said, informing galore much inactive were feared dormant arsenic the most-comprehensive internet blackout successful the country’s history crossed the two-week mark.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency offered the decease toll, saying 4,716 were demonstrators, 203 were government-affiliated, 43 were children and 40 were civilians not taking portion successful the protests. It added that much than 26,800 radical had been detained successful a widening apprehension run by authorities.
Situation remains tense arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday (January 22, 2026) that the U.S. is moving the ships toward Iran “just successful case” helium wants to instrumentality action.
A U.S. Navy official, who spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon subject movements, said that the Lincoln onslaught radical is presently successful the Indian Ocean.
