'Full-fledged human rights crisis' in Iran - U.N.

High Commissioner of Human Rights Volker Turk on Thursday (November 24) made a strong appeal to Iranian authorities to stop their "unnecessary and disproportionate" use of force against protesters in Iran in a speech to the Human Rights Council on the ongoing crisis. Iran's representative Khadijeh Karimi defended the country's human rights record at the meeting, calling the debate disgraceful and appalling.