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Dear President of the UN Human Rights Council, Mr. Václav Bálek, It is with deepest regret that we have learned that you have elected Mr. Ali Bahreini from Iran to chair the “Social Forum”. Our disappointment is even greater when we read the recent OHCHR reports (https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/iran), in which Iran was twice condemned for a large number of executions as

For thousands of years, Iran has made its contribution to the civilisation and culture of mankind; time and again, impulses have emanated from it that helped to shape history. Geographically located in what has always been a political and social flashpoint, the people of this country have always been challenged to assert their cultural and political identity. With the fall