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Asharq Al-Awsat
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UN Concerned Over Iran’s Violent Crackdown on Teachers

Iranian President officially welcomed his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedow at Sadabad Historical-Cultural Complex on Wednesday (Iranian government)

A group of independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations raised concerns on Wednesday over a “violent crackdown” on teachers and other civil activists by Iranian authorities.

"We are alarmed at the recent escalation of arbitrary arrests of teachers, labor rights defenders and union leaders, lawyers, human rights defenders and other civil society actors," the experts said in a statement.

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