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Published 20 Jun, 2025 02:11pm

Iran top diplomat to address UN Human Rights Council

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will address the United Nations Human Rights Council today, AFP reports, quoting a spokesman for the UN’s top rights body.

Araghchi “will intervene in person … at the beginning of the council’s afternoon meeting” at 1pm GMT (6pm PKT), Pascal Sim told a press briefing.

A UN spokeswoman added that Daniel Meron, Israel’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, would speak to reporters shortly beforehand.

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