Saturday, 24 July 2021, 1:47 pm
GENEVA (23 July 2021) – The UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on the
Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action
to address the chronic water shortage in the province of
Khuzestan, rather than using excessive force and widespread
arrests to crush the protests about the
situation.
“The impact of the devastating water
crisis on life, health and prosperity of the people of
Khuzestan should be the focus of the Government’s
attention, not the protests carried out by people driven to
desperation by years of neglect,” said Bachelet. “I am
extremely concerned about the deaths and injuries that have