The people of Iran have the right to protest and to determine their own future.
The widely documented killing and maiming of thousands of peaceful protesters and bystanders in Iran is deplorable. Security forces have been using unlawful lethal force resulting in mass casualties and horrific injuries. The violent repression of demonstrations, along with reports of torture and executions of detainees, constitute grave violations of international law and must cease immediately.
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran must put an immediate end to this brutality. The international community must take urgent diplomatic action to safeguard protesters from further violence and to challenge the entrenched impunity that is perpetuating these abuses and bloodshed.
Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the protesters, bystanders, political prisoners and their friends and families who are suffering so profoundly at this time.
