U.N. rights chief calls on Iranian regime to respect fundamental freedoms

NCRI – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay voiced concern on Tuesday that Iranian regime is using more force to suppress protests and urged it to respect the right to protesters.

"The suppression of protests is escalating, it is much more serious," Pillay told Reuters.

"We have written a letter to the capital in Iran calling for respect for the right to protest that is also a fundamental freedom," said Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in a news conference in Geneva.

She also said that a senior Iranian regime’s “human rights official,” who had requested a meeting with her, set for Tuesday, had cancelled it.

"We are really helpless when a country is closed — Iran is one of them. It is very defensive when we raise issues but we will continue to raise them."