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Zareian said.That statement is misleading.Prepared by a U.N.-appointed investigative team, the 26-page report dated July 21 contains evidence collected from Iranian government sources, non-governmental watchdog organizations, the media, interviews with victims of alleged human rights abuses and the families and lawyers of those killed by government forces.The leader of the U.N. team, Javaid Rehman, a special rapporteur on human rights in Iran appointed in July 2018, is a professor of International Human Rights Law and Muslim Constitutionalism at Brunel University in London.The report provides case-by-case details, including victims’ names and other personal information and the circumstances of their deaths or injuries. It describes the Iranian government’s hindrance of investigations and harassment of the victims and their families. In its first section, the U.N. report provides information on the crackdown on protests in November 2019, when about 200,000 Iranians took to the streets after the government imposed increased monthly gasoline fees (50% for the first 60 liters and 200% for additional purchases).According to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, the government forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, the police and Basij militia, killed hundreds, while thousands were injured and arrested.The U.N. report says the Iranian government responded to the protests with shocking
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