Overview
- The UN Human Rights Council adopted the measure 25–7 with 14 abstentions during a special session and extended the Iran fact‑finding mission for two years and the Special Rapporteur’s mandate for one year.
- The resolution calls for an urgent investigation into alleged abuses linked to protests that began on December 28, 2025, and urges Iran to halt extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and other violations.
- India voted against the text alongside China, Pakistan and others, consistent with its long‑standing objection to selective, country‑specific actions at the Council.
- Iran’s ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, thanked the Indian government and labeled the resolution unjust and politically motivated.
- Rights groups report thousands of deaths and mass arrests during the unrest, figures disputed by Tehran, and diplomats note India’s calculus includes strategic ties such as cooperation at Iran’s Chabahar port under U.S. sanctions waivers.