Jerusalem Post - UN to Extend Probe of Iran Human Rights Violations

By Benjamin Weinthal, JPost.com

The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday to extend by one year the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. . . .

Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice, the organization representing Abedini and his family, said, “By becoming directly involved in this case, the US sends a powerful message to Iran and our allies – our government will not stand by and abandon one of our own.”

“I am very encouraged by Secretary Kerry’s statement demanding Saeed’s immediate release,” said Naghmeh, Saeed’s wife. . . .

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