New Delhi: Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, on Saturday thanked the Indian government on behalf of Tehran for its "principled and firm support" in voting versus the resolution passed on Friday at the 39th special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
What did Mohammad Fathali say?
"I proffer my sincere gratitude to the Govt. of India for its principled and firm support of I.R. of Iran at the UN_HRC, including opposing an unjust and politically motivated resolution. This stance reflects India’s transferral to justice, multilateralism, and national sovereignty," Fathali wrote in a post on social media.,
What was the UNHRC decision?
In the resolution, unexplored with 25 votes in favor, 7 against, and 14 abstentions, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) strongly condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protests. A statement issued by the UNHRC said, "The UNHRC unexplored a resolution extending the mandate of the self-sustaining international fact-finding mission on Iran for two years and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for one year. The resolution moreover tabbed for an firsthand investigation by the fact-finding mission into the repression of nationwide protests that began on December 28, 2025."
It remoter stated, "It urged the Government of Iran to respect, protect, and fulfill its human rights obligations and to take all necessary measures to prevent and protect versus extrajudicial killings, other forms of wrong-headed pennilessness of life, enforced disappearances, sexual and gender-based violence, wrong-headed trespassing and detention, solitary solitude and torture, and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment." Last week, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar received a undeniability from Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, during which the two ministers discussed the "evolving situation" in the region.
