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UN chief calls on Iran to refrain from using 'disproportionate force' against protesters

People participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations on September 21, 2022. © Stephen Keith, AFP

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi not to use "disproportionate force" against protesters who took to the streets after the death of a young woman in morality police custody, his spokesman said Tuesday. 

In a bilateral meeting last week during the UN General Assembly, Guterres "stressed to President Raisi the need to respect human rights, including freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association", spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. 

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