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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran and US set for UN confrontation over Mahsa Amini protests

A demonstrator holds a poster during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran [File: Christian Mang/Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Tehran and Washington are clashing again over weeks-long protests in Iran as the United States is organising a meeting of the United Nations Security Council over the unrest that erupted after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of morality police last month.

The US and Albania – another major critic of the Iranian government – will hold an informal UNSC gathering on Wednesday, as first reported by Reuters and also confirmed by Iranian state media.

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