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UN to hold session on Iran amid crackdown

The United Nations Human Rights Council announced on Monday it would hold an urgent session this month on Iran, where a brutal crackdown on mass protests had left hundreds dead. The United Nations’ highest rights body said a special session…

Iran records first deaths linked to Omicron variant

Iran has registered its first confirmed deaths from the Omicron variant, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. So far, three Iranians have died from the highly transmissible variant and more than 1,100 people have been infected with it nationwide, the…