Amnesty Warns Iran Crackdown Signals Impunity, Urges Global Action

Amnesty International says verified videos and eyewitnesses show Iranian security forces fatally cracking down on mostly peaceful protesters across Iran since Jan 8, with an internet shutdown hindering documentation; the official death toll is around 2,000. The organization calls for urgent UN action, including special sessions at the UN Human Rights Council and Security Council, and for the creation of international justice mechanisms (including an ICC referral) and universal-jurisdiction prosecutions to end the era of impunity and deter further bloodshed.