Sara Hossain Appointed As Chair Fact Finding Mission On Iran

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday appointed Sara Hossain of Bangladesh as the chair of the Fact-Finding Mission in Iran to review Iran’s rights violations during recent protests, reports UNB.

The council also appointed Shaheen Sardar Ali of Pakistan and Viviana Krsticevic of Argentina as members of the mission.

The Human Rights Council established an independent, international fact-finding mission on November 24 to thoroughly investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that began on September 16, 2022.