{"id":8774,"date":"2026-01-13T15:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:12:02","slug":"un-rights-office-says-hundreds-killed-in-iran-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8774","title":{"rendered":"UN rights office says hundreds killed in Iran protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<iframe id=\"ytplayer\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r4dR2Y0hPT0?si=EXwLpV1koOzOpBmm&#038;cc_lang_pref=fa&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n    <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"toggleImage()\" id=\"btnID\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n        \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647)\n    <\/button>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image\" src=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n    function toggleImage() {\n        const image = document.getElementById(\"image\");\n        const imageUrl = \"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Font-Size.jpg\";\n\n        if (image.src === imageUrl || image.src.endsWith(\"Font-Size.jpg\")) {\n            image.src = \"\";\n        } else {\n            image.src = imageUrl;\n        }\n    }\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was &#8220;horrified&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by mounting violence by Iran&#8217;s security forces against peaceful protesters, with the U.N. citing its own sources as saying that hundreds have been killed so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Islamic Republic&#8217;s clerical authorities are facing the biggest demonstrations since 2022 and on Sunday a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/confronting-protests-iran-vows-strike-back-if-us-attacks-2026-01-11\/\">rights group<\/a>&nbsp;said that unrest has killed more than 500 people. An Iranian official indicated on Tuesday it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/about-2000-killed-iran-protests-official-says-2026-01-13\/\">higher<\/a>, at around 2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard,&#8221; U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement read out by U.N. rights office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__inherit-color__PhuPF text-module__inherit-font__1P1hv text-module__inherit-size__EyiQW link-module__link__INqxZ link-module__underline_default__-okuC link-module__with-icon__qlg76 collapsible-caption-module__license__CPQvV\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/item\/protest-over-the-collapse-of-the-currencys-value-in-tehran\/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1JDMkFYSUFONjIxSw%3D%3D\/?utm_medium=rcom-article-media&amp;utm_campaign=rcom-rcp-lead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/QEGZ3U6QOVP5DLZNRXQEYBW6XQ.jpg?auth=bc007ef81c9efeba20e6c6ac57aa6a46fcb8ce4a313f0fb18388865868446ab7&amp;width=1920&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked to comment on the scale of the killings, Laurence, citing the United Nations&#8217; sources in Iran, said: &#8220;The number that we&#8217;re hearing is hundreds.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turk also voiced concern that the death penalty might be used against thousands of protesters who have been arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unrest has prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to reissue threats to intervene militarily on behalf of Iran&#8217;s protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647) GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was &#8220;horrified&#8221; by mounting violence by Iran&#8217;s security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-8774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran-domestic","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8774"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8780,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8774\/revisions\/8780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}